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...president should tolerate a power-hungry Secretary of State unable to see the need for calm loyalty--or reasoned dissent on real issues--in a world where saber-rattling can easily lead to war. If President Reagan had wanted an ambitious and militaristic secretary hell-bent on bolstering his own-influence, he'd have chosen Woody Hayes or J.R. Ewing '54. As soon as the President recovers, we urge that he begin looking for a Secretary of State who can tell the difference between self-interest and the national interest...
After nearly a century of New England wind and rain, the colonel's face is now as black as those of his soldiers. But beneath his cap a streak of bright green flows, like blood from a saber wound, down the temple, blinding the right eye, grazing the mustache. His naked sword is fastened to his knee, but someone has broken it off just below the bolt...
When tensions between Jordan's King Hussein and Syria's President Hafez Assad threatened an outbreak of hostilities early this winter, the Saudis skillfully stepped in and cajoled the saber-rattling neighbors into a wary detente. Some diplomats now believe that the Saudis may even be getting ready to make political peace with Sadat, with whom they broke relations in protest over the Camp David peace accord...
Bringing tensions between the superpowers back under control is a challenge to American policy that carries with it an unavoidable inequity. Because of the Soviet Union's interventions in Africa and Afghanistan, its saber rattling in Eastern Europe, its support for Vietnamese aggression in Southeast Asia, and its menacing buildup in nuclear and conventional weaponry, the U.S.S.R. is largely responsible for the crisis in East-West relations. Yet if the U.S. waits for the Kremlin to make the first move in getting the relationship back on track, and especially on the right terms, it may well have to wait...
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