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...Tehran hostages; it has become deafening. Military marches swell to fill the deepest silences on domestic policy in any recent election. Voters in New Hampshire today and in Massachusetts next week may join the parade, following their favorite Democratic or Republican platoon sergeant to the shores of the Persian Gulf. But they have a chance to stop the music, to demand sane words instead of rhythmic cant...
...very positive development. Not only was the selection of a President expected to bring an end to more than a year of Iranian political chaos, but Banisadr was known to favor a compromise on the hostages. The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the threat it poses to the Persian Gulf may have convinced many responsible Iranian leaders that their ties with the U.S. should be improved. Thus it would seem to be in the U.S. interest to bolster Banisadr. Said a White House official last week: "He's still building his power base, and anything we say at this...
...relief would be immeasurable. Jimmy Carter's reputation as a national leader and international negotiator would be greatly enhanced. Most important, an end to the hostage crisis would make possible a great improvement in U.S. relations with Iran and thus would help in the defense of the vital Persian Gulf region against continued Soviet aggression...
...terrorism in Iran and the Soviet aggression in Afghanistan. Bit by painful bit, sometimes because of Jimmy Carter, sometimes in spite of him, the protests and actions of the U.S., though often appearing puny by themselves, are beginning to take on heft. Access to more bases near the Persian Gulf, a floating contingent of Marines, increased aid to friends and more of everything to follow-all this makes an unmistakable footprint over there. Draft registration, talk of war, so deplored by some, are nevertheless a measure of seriousness. The Olympic boycott, which eventually may not win very many actual backers...
...tough language about American intentions in the Persian Gulf was deliberate, not to define a battleground but to send a message that this is not going to be a transient attitude. "The U.S. has a broad strategic group of forces," says Carter. Thus he carefully chose and used two words in last week's news conference-"tactics" and "terrain." The U.S., he said, would not allow the Soviets to choose either in any confrontation. Translated, that means that an American response to new aggression might come any place in the world where Soviet interests are handicapped by narrow waterways...