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...Sadat was a man who left the world a better place than the one he entered. But we must wait to see whether his impact depended on his own personality, or whether Middle East minds have been permanently influenced by Sadat's peace policies...
Good leaders are those who ride the flow of events and direct their people's energies along that current. Great leaders are those who change the flow and rechannel it to the most productive direction despite the dangers politically and otherwise. Anwar Sadat was that kind of leader, and the likes of men with his vision and foresight are few and far between in the long history...
...with adequate defenses. The sale would not shift the balance of military strength in the Middle East away from Israel, and it would provide the Saudis with a token of American reliability. Finally, the protection of the remaining moderate Arab states after the assassination of Egypt's President Anwar Sadat was essential to the interests of Israel as well as to those...
...midnight. But has the Administration learned anything from the near fiasco? Once again, unfortunately, portents are mixed. The Administration still shows a propensity to opt for ill-considered military solutions to complex diplomatic problems. For example, the first reaction by Washington to the assassination of Egypt's President Anwar Sadat was to increase the size of a U.S. training exercise in the Egyptian desert scheduled for November. Operation Bright Star is being scaled down, in apparent recognition that so suffocating a U.S. embrace could only embarrass Sadat's successor...
...from National Security Adviser Richard Allen. They decided that the issue did not lend itself to the type of televised presidential appeal that worked so well on the economic package. Instead, the Administration opted for one-on-one personal appeals to wavering Senators. The assassination of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat in early October helped unsettle many of the sale opponents, and prompted immediate support from Republicans Orrin Hatch of Utah and Alan Simpson of Wyoming...