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Vischer says that King Louis XIV's purported remark, "I am the state," would "hardly be an exaggeration on the lips of the Pope," who is an absolute monarch in his postage-stamp realm. Vischer also argues that Vatican City's existence as a sovereign state limits the church's readiness to support anti-establishment political movements...
...black girls and a good deal of bother about incest. James Mason, as the plantation's Old Massah, must spend much time with his bare feet pressed into a prostrate black child's naked stomach because the doctor has assured the old man that this is a sovereign cure for his rheumatism. In the end all the white principals are required to exterminate one another in expiation of their sins. The final bloodbath is depicted in the same vulgar manner used to present the indignities suffered by the blacks...
Speaking of U.S. leverage with Israel, Rabin stated, "Israel is a sovereign state, responsible for itself." I hope Rabin remembers this before he drops another "$2.5 billion request...
...turned a 1973 setback in the Sinai into victory by rolling his armor across the Suez Canal. He says, "We must explain to the Arabs what is vital to us and make them an offer on a take-it-or-leave-it basis." He would acknowledge Egypt's sovereign right to the Sinai, for instance, but would insist upon a gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces over a 20-year period. He would annex the West Bank to Israel and "turn over the territory east of the Jordan River"-meaning Jordan-to the Palestinians. "The only foreigner in Palestine...
...LEVERAGE WITH ISRAEL. It would be a mistake to assume that either the U.S. can dictate to the Israelis what to do when it comes to the vital interests of security or that the Soviets can dictate to the Arabs. Israel is a sovereign state, responsible for itself...