Word: revell
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Washington similarly blames the Europeans for not giving stronger support on Iran, but many Europeans regard the botched raid on Tehran as symbolic of U.S. decline. Says Jean-Francois Revel, editor of L 'Express and long an admirer of the U.S.: "We Europeans, along with the rest of the world, heard the bell of U.S. military supremacy toll in Iran...
What it comes down to, says Jean-François Revel, director of L 'Express, the French weekly newsmagazine, is that "the allies cannot at the same time be in the Atlantic Alliance and act as if they are not in the alliance. Membership in an alliance implies responsibilities...
...sense, though, the John Birch Society likes it that way. its public image allows the society the smugness available only to someone who knows he will never have to test his theories, never have to put his hide on the line. The folks at 395 Concord Ave. revel in their ideological purity, knowing-like the Spartacus Youth League and the Revolutionary Communist Party know-that they will never have any power, so they will never have to take responsibility. They're untouchable...