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...Netherlands, for example, Foreign Minister Hans van den Broek observed in fairly mild terms that "we seriously doubt if terrorism can be actually erased this way," but Klaas de Vries, parliamentary spokesman for the Labor Party, thundered that the strikes "made fools of all European ministers who had urged restraint...
...some experts suggest that the Administration need not engage in any protective hairsplitting. They argue that Reagan's risk in superseding Executive Order No. 12333 would be political rather than legal. The Executive Order represents a voluntary restraint rather than a legally imposed one. By violating it, the President is not breaking a law but a promise. Former Defense Secretary James Schlesinger speculates that the President could have sidestepped any legal problems by issuing a secret National Security directive sanctioning action against Gaddafi...
...done in soothing pastels with no major fatalities. The photography is quite lavish: the first half hour of the film gets by simply because the viewer is visually stunned. The special effects too are surprisingly tasteful, with the distorted faces of Evil's henchmen done with realism and restraint. Legend would probably be able to scare the average eight-year-old without producing traumatic night-mares...
...Sixth Fleet eventually steams away without attacking, the Administration might win both applause for restraint and derision for making empty threats. But it would only be putting off until the next time the question of whether and how to retaliate. Given the virus of terrorism, there assuredly would be a next time. Indeed, having talked so much about retaliation and now gone so far toward it, Washington has practically guaranteed a sharpening debate about reprisal every time there is a new murderous attack for which intelligence officials believe they can pinpoint the perpetrator...
...true; they are convinced, as I am, that it is a correct interpretation. But what he does not see is that the Reagan Administration is also convinced it is correct...and it is presently acting upon this presumption. You see, the pro-Contra forces love to call for restraint, moderation and tolerance in the domestic debate over Nicaragua. Why? Because they run the show, so they can afford to be "tolerant." If this academic debate were not occurring against a backdrop of thousands of murders, tortures, rapes and mutilations, then it would have been much more of an issue...