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...week's end Americans were left with a sense of military vulnerability and of military efficiency; sorrow, anxiety and problems. They were also left with an unnerving sense of distance from their Government. One might not mind taking responsibility for one's nation's actions, if they could be understood more readily or completely, but as yet that was not to be. This much was certain: summer was over, and the nation was on alert. In the near future, inevitably, would come charges, investigations, recriminations and a serious examination of national tendencies and intentions. For the moment...
From the President on down, the Administration reacted with sorrow and anger to what was undoubtedly the worst tragedy of the Reagan presidency. When he spoke on the White House lawn, the President did not use notes, because, as he said privately, he wanted "to do it from the heart." Reagan spent !? much of Sunday morning in the White House Situation Room with Vice President George Bush, Secretary of State George Shultz, Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger, McFarlane and General John W. Vessey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. At a morning meeting, the National Security Council decided against...
sympathy. Said he: "Today should only be a day of mourning for those wonderful young Americans who have lost their lives serving our country in the cause of peace." Messages of condolence were arriving from around the world. In London, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher expressed her sorrow to Reagan, as well as to President Francois Mitterrand, and assured them that Britain would not withdraw its contingent of 100 soldiers from Lebanon. Said a Thatcher aide: "By attempting to bomb the Multi-National Force out of Lebanon, the extremists, whoever they are, have in a perverse way confirmed the success...
Pope John Paul II, his voice filled with emotion as he stood before a crowd of 80,000 at St. Peter's Square, declared, "A great sense of sorrow surges from the soul." Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir called the bombing a "despicable crime that was undoubtedly perpetrated by those who want to prevent a peaceful solution in Lebanon and to increase bloodshed." In Moscow, the Communist Party newspaper Pravda observed: "It appears the Viet Nam story begins to repeat itself. The U.S. is getting drawn deeper into the fighting, while generals get more and more freedom of action...
...words apostrophize the miseries of passion: "Begone, begone, ye children of Melancholy!" But set on its dark ground, with a rectangle of slaty blue and a marvelous, soaring shape of white paper-Mallarme's swan, making a personal appearance-its stilted sentiment turns into a concise image of sorrow and relief...