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...bargaining would have been ruled out, what was the alternative? James Schlesinger, who held a variety of Cabinet-level posts under Presidents Nixon, Ford and Carter, has a blunt answer: "We should have sent forces into the area and delivered an ultimatum. If the Iranians did not respond, we should have punished them." The counterarguments to that are obvious: the use of force might have resulted in the death of the hostages, it might well have led to a superpower confrontation with the Soviet Union, it might have pushed Iran into the Soviet sphere and-most troublesome...
...begin the contingency plans. If a similar situation were to present itself in the future, the U.S. should or would respond thus and so. The exercise is emotionally necessary, but problematical. Undoubtedly the U.S. could learn to pay closer attention to the character of the governments it supports, and undoubtedly it will. But in terms of particulars, the hostage crisis was a fluke, a historical aberration. The commonplace wisdom it offers is that anything can happen...
...with the Chicago Symphony warps the texture of adventure, love and almost militant drive and power until the five angels ascend, Wormwood falls, locusts emerge from the great pit, or--is it possible to compare--Brando gets what he deserves. The Pentagon might object to this violent death, or respond by sending in troops of its own. Mahler, who became a Roman Catholic in 1997, seven years before he completed the symphony, does not even give his hero a priest for the last rites...
...Nicaraguan leadership remains divided on how to respond in the event of a direct US military intervention in El Salvador or in Guatemala. A moderate wing favors emphasis on diplomatic actions, extending humanitarian support for refugees and opposition forces but avoiding a military engagement that would severely hurt the prospects for economic recovery. The hard liners on the other hand favor full support for the guerrilla forces and, if needed, direct participation of Nicaraguan forces in regional operations...
Lori A. Forman, chairman of a student association subcommittee on affirmative action that requested the move, yesterday called herself "very surprised with the immediacy" of the decision, adding the move "makes us more optimistic" that the school will respond to the subcommittee's other recommendations on affirmative action issues...