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...liberate" the "captive nations" of Eastern Europe from the grip of Communism. That the U.S. was powerless to fulfill that wish by action short of war has not stopped various Administrations from trying at least to chip away at Soviet domination of the East bloc. Secretary of State George Shultz last week became the latest U.S. statesman to try, touring a trio of East European capitals in the hope of lifting the Iron Curtain an inch...
...Shultz set the tone for his mission during a preliminary stop in West Berlin. A few hours after he gazed across the Berlin Wall from a makeshift scaffold, the Secretary declared that the U.S. "does not accept the incorporation of Eastern Europe into a Soviet sphere of influence." But Shultz's pronouncement did not signal a new moral crusade. As official U.S. policy, the notion of "liberation" has long since been discredited and abandoned. Administration officials now speak more blandly of "differentiation" between East bloc countries. The aim, like that of every Administration since Lyndon Johnson's, is simply...
...policy matters, McFarlane's differences with Shultz and Weinberger were often tactical rather than ideological. Last August McFarlane wanted to push Shultz and the President away from their support of the Botha regime in South Africa as the antiapartheid protests mounted. He even hinted that if he failed, he might quit. He was the first to fashion a plan to get the Government started on the Strategic Defense Initiative, known as Star Wars. But he came to see it basically as a means to pressure the Soviet Union toward resuming arms talks and eventually achieving a sharp reduction in offensive...
Along with Shultz, McFarlane supported using limited military force to achieve diplomatic aims. This often pitted his advice against that of Weinberger, who is more cautious about taking military risks. He strongly backed U.S. funding of the contra forces opposing the Sandinista government in Nicaragua and lobbied skillfully against the eroding support for it in Congress. His work on the Hill also was influential in saving the MX missile program. He managed to take some of the anti-Soviet sting out of presidential speeches written by Patrick Buchanan, a conservative columnist brought to the White House by Regan. Republican Senator...
McFarlane countered by becoming more assertive in public, briefing reporters frequently and appearing on Sunday- morning TV interview shows. Beyond promoting his own views, this let him vent some of his frustrations, but it was resented by Shultz...