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...government of President Alfredo Cristiani and outwit the Salvadoran army. Just as the 1968 Tet offensive in Viet Nam forced Washington and the American public to question the U.S. position in Southeast Asia, the F.M.L.N.'s latest attacks have raised fundamental doubts about the whole U.S. approach to El Salvador...
...slaying on Nov. 16 in San Salvador of six Jesuit priests has caused such outrage in Washington that Congress is suddenly talking about reducing U.S. aid if the Cristiani regime does not conduct a thorough investigation. Last week the House of Representatives narrowly blocked a Democratic proposal to hold back 30% of the $85 million in U.S. military aid to El Salvador this year. The events of the past two weeks also underscore U.S. intelligence failures, most notably the now apparent undercounting of the F.M.L.N. forces. Judging by the scope of the rebel push, Washington officials concede that there...
...glowering from behind their barricades. Neither side made an attempt to threaten the other. It was, said one of the advisers, a "Mexican standoff," during which they talked to the rebels periodically. "At times it was friendly, at times tense," said another American. Finally, the Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador, Gregorio Rosa Chavez, mediated the release of the occupants of the hotel and the escape of the rebels. The U.S. soldiers, though, refused to leave until the Salvadoran army had checked for booby traps and mines...
...entire operation was conducted by Salvadoran soldiers. Only at the end, when the Green Berets ran out, did the U.S. forces become involved. The actual number of U.S. commandos sent to El Salvador was thought to be small, although a much larger force was positioned outside the country...
...appear to have convinced him that the F.M.L.N. must be decimated before it will return to the negotiating table. That is probably a forlorn hope, even though the rebels' losses in the offensive may exceed 1,000. If nothing else, the rebels proved they can disrupt life in El Salvador whenever they choose. They have also shown that the government is all too willing to use its heavy firepower when the war is being fought in poor neighborhoods but is reluctant to strafe and bomb a rich enclave like Escalon, where support for the governing ARENA party is high...