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First, the destruction of the PLO, accomplished jointly in the past two years by Israeli, Syria, and factions within the organization itself, has almost removed the terrorist group as a viable factor in the Middle East. The rout of Yassir Arafat's and his men from Beirut, the subsequent fragmentation of the group, and now sectarian fighting in Tripoli have finally demonstrated to the world the utterbankruptcy of this band of terror and its complete lack of a mandate from the unfortunate Palestinian people. If Yassir Arafat's veto on negotiations can finally be removed, all parties, including the truly...
...most recent bloody example of the impotence of force in diplomacy is the present situation in Lebanon. For the first time in its history Israel began a primarily offensive war with the twin hopes of ending Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) killings of its citizens in the Galilee and evicting Syria from Lebanon. The outcome has been 500 Israeli soldiers dead, a toll far higher than any conceivable PLO infliction, and Syria's further entrenchment in Lebanon...
ONCE AGAIN, a minority of the Harvard community has disgraced itself. Just like last year, when Jerry Falwell and a PLO representative spoke in Cambridge, small groups of loud protesters made hypocrites of themselves by using one of the very same tactics they deplore in their enemies. The "enemy" this year was Defense Secretary Caspar W. Weinberger '38, and the tactic was denial of free speech...
...latest conflict, therefore, threatens to throw Middle East settlement attempts even farther off course. More tragic still, is that this battle for control of the PLO is being waged in Lebanon, where death and violence are in no short supply. Long plagued by internal conflicts between Druse and Syrianbacked Christians, Lebanon has become a battleground for external disputes as well. It was the Israeli invasion of Lebanon last summer and subsequent partial withdrawal this year that touched off the latest round of Christian-Drund warfare. Now the Syriann that once supported Arafat are backing his opponents in Tripoli, even...
...date American policy has sent the U.S. running in circles in the Middle East. A chief U.S. policy objective has been to check Syrian efforts to fuel conflict between Christians and Druse, just as they are fanning the flames of the internal PLO dispute. However, relying on the strictly voluntary cooperation of Syrian President Assad, who is eager to claim Lebanon as "rightful" Syrian territory, would not appear to be the most effective course of action...