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...Georgetown speech was cleverly crafted, occasionally eloquent, often contradictory and at points quite weak. Kennedy rightfully blamed Carter for seeming to want to fight in the Persian Gulf rather than take the necessary strong domestic actions that would curb the nation's dependence on foreign oil. He pointed out that nothing was done-or said-about Afghanistan until the Soviets actually invaded. He said it was Carter's appearance of weakness that encouraged Soviet aggression. Yet at the same time as he chided the President for his proposals to strengthen the U.S., Kennedy approvingly quoted Theodore Roosevelt...
...abuse of Soviet power, nor will it be the last ... It is less than a year since the Vienna summit when President Carter kissed President Brezhnev on the cheek. We cannot afford a foreign policy based on the pangs of unrequited love." Kennedy cautioned against taking action in the Persian Gulf without the support of our allies. He warned against haste in adding new nuclear weaponry like the MX missile to the U.S. arsenal. He opposed registration for a peacetime draft. He criticized Carter for allowing the Shah of Iran into the U.S., and he called for a U.N. commission...
...build his prestige in the Persian Gulf region, Carter could try new approaches to solving the hostage crisis in Tehran; he took a step in this direction last week by urging Iran to recognize the Soviet Union as by far its greatest threat. To win respect and influence throughout the Muslim world, he could lean on Israel to settle the Palestinian problem. He also could push harder for American energy independence, which would free the U.S. from OPEC blackmail. At the same time, he could plan on eventually resuming his campaign for Senate approval of the SALT II pact...
...point. So is the invasion of Afghanistan. The Kremlin leaders want to position their forces as advantageously as possible for the chaos still to come in Iran and possibly in Pakistan as well. The Soviets would dearly love eventual access to the oil and warm waters of the Persian Gulf, but those are not their immediate goals. They have moved into Afghanistan primarily because the Muslim insurgency there threatened to turn a friendly neighbor into an unfriendly...
...needed simply to maintain this year's force levels. Increased spending includes money for the MX intercontinental missile and Trident submarines, and to equip the Rapid Deployment Force of some 100,000 troops that is to be ready by 1983 for use in world trouble spots like the Persian Gulf...