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...share of the lucrative international market in arms has been increasing--first the Israelis, then alternately Iran and Iraq, now the Saudis and Kuwaitis. But for China and Russia, every sale is a vital boost to a precariously balanced economy. Silkworms and SCUDs don't' just pay workers like patriot missiles and F-15 Eagles do in the U.S.; they also keep the governments of those vast nations in power...
Given these firmly rooted interests in costly but regional wars, can we ever expect to see lasting peace in the Middle East? A bill to sell Patriot missiles to Yasir Arafat would probably have a hard time passing Congress, but that kind of idea is already on the wrong track. Pumping more arms into the area can't possible do any good. It's hard not to use your weapons when you have so darn many of them, but you've got to learn to take your hand off the trigger...
...great to take sides in the cold civil war between Western- oriented reformers and nationalist-hard-line communists. The reformers have misgivings about Solzhenitsyn's nationalist views, but they have cautiously welcomed his return. Hard-liners see Solzhenitsyn as a rival for the hearts and minds of Russian "patriots," and question his motives; he has already called ultranationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky "an evil caricature of a Russian patriot." The weekly Zavtra, which speaks for hard-line nationalists, bitingly denounced his return: "Ayatollah Khomeini has landed in Vladivostok...
...ended in July 1953. Seoul, which is only 35 miles from the DMZ, has invested heavily in the lines, especially the Alpha line, which crosses the Munsan and Chorwan valleys -- where North Korea would probably push through. Since April, the U.S. has dispatched a battallion's worth of Patriot missiles to South Korea and replaced older Cobra helicopter gunships with new, more potent Apaches. Pentagon officials say all key ports and airfields are being fine-tuned for action. Fuel supplies and depots are being topped off at maximum capacity. The U.S. has withdrawn older iron bombs and replaced them with...
...antiaircraft guns and long-range SA-5 missiles, with many of those deeply dug into the ground. The most urgent job for aerial forces would be to blunt the North's offensive with antiarmor smart bombs and cluster bombs. Southern airfields have strengthened their defenses, and the arrival of Patriot missiles should help fend off lethal Scuds...