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...rearmament of defense of Europe is the only way out of the atomic age,” he told students at the Law School on Oct. 16, 1951. “Once Europe is stabilized we can talk about taking bombs out of each others’ houses...
Nevertheless, every opportunity should be seized to notify the two Presidential candidates, while they are still campaigning, that a fundamental redefinition of environmental issues and the rearmament of environmental stakeholders looms large on the horizon of national consciousness. The roots of the new environmentalism can be found in the recognition, at the national level, of sub-populations that are particularly vulnerable or susceptible to the impacts of environmental deterioration. Vulnerable groups, including the poorest of the poor, suffer from various combinations of natural geographical factors, insensitive zoning laws and/or uncouth sociopolitical maneuvers that increase their exposure to detrimental environmental factors...
Violating the Treaty of Versailles, which limited the German army to 100,000 men, Hitler embarked on a rearmament program of massive scale: fighter planes, tanks, submarines. His goal? It was enough to read Mein Kampf, written in prison after the abortive coup of 1923 in Munich, to divine its contours: to become, once again, a global superpower, capable and desirous of reconquering lost territory, and others as well...
...Defense Secretary William J. Perry and Shalikashvili are confident that the rearmament program will work. The American forces, they repeat, will be very well armed and will hit back hard if they are attacked. "We are the pre-eminent military force in the world," says Perry when asked about the threat posed by the Serbs. As for the 12-month deadline, Shalikashvili says simply, "One year is sufficient time to create this military balance. Therefore, I am convinced that we will be able to leave in about a year." That may be true, but providing arms to one side...
...largest economy in the European Community, is not seeking to control Eastern Europe. Even before he arrived home, Kohl was asked if the Zheleznovodsk agreement was a new Rapallo -- a reference to the 1922 treaty between the communist U.S.S.R. and the Weimar Republic that paved the way for German rearmament after World War I. The comparison is "wholly off," said Kohl, because "the reunified Germany is part of NATO and the European Community...