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...European, I am glad that President Carter has at last had the courage to try a military solution to the hostage crisis in Iran [May 12]. No doubt, in the aftermath of the abortive raid, he will be branded as "inept" more than ever before...
...failure of the raid was not his fault. It had a good chance of succeeding, and he should be admired for taking a positive stance. The first battle is often lost before final victory is attained...
Carter's handling of the raid into Iran borders on the incredible. He seems to have absorbed none of the lessons learned by the Israelis at Entebbe or the Germans at Mogadishu. The U.S. force combined elements of all four of the services, a composition more suitable to an honor-guard unit than a combat detachment. It is no wonder that the Army commander said afterward that he had no authority to destroy the helicopters left in the desert...
...raid seems so childishly conceived that one must assume it was not intended to succeed. Was it Carter's Watergate, an attempt to selfdestruct...
...army-backed regime responded with a vengeance. First, a squad of 300 riot police launched a surprise raid against a Seoul university campus where student organizers had been meeting to plan new tactics; 18 suspected leaders were arrested. Simultaneously, 2,000 other police surrounded the school and detained other activists as they tried to run away. Then, within hours, the army's Martial Law Command proclaimed a broad crackdown that appeared to give the military all but official control over the country's political life. All schools were ordered closed until further notice. Political gatherings were banned. According...