Word: strength
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...COURSE, despite these reforms, the situation in El Salvador remains bad. Right-wing death squads murder hundreds of civilians a month. Left-wing insurgents are groing in strength; they control one-fourth of the country and have brought the economy to a standstill with their constant attacks on the country's infrastructure...
...their journey north, Enrique and Rosa naively, but always intelligently, ride successive waves of shock and betrayal together. The strength of their dream propels them through daunting encounters with everything from tunnel rats to border patrols. In one hilarious scene, Enrique makes use of a friend's advice to pepper his speech with the word "fuck" in order to convince a pair of immigration officers that he is a Mexican...
...social justice. But before that could happen, the Soviets must believe that it was better to accommodate to the U.S. and the West than to go on marauding against their interests and security. Rhetoric would not lead them to this conclusion, only a credible show of will and strength. Even with the American military in a temporary state of post-Viet Nam dysfunction, the U.S. and its friends had enough assets to be able to deal with the Soviets and their proxies with confidence. No one knew this better than the Soviets...
...President, in his first days, had to move against the climate of uncertainty. With our military strength at the ebb and our economy in trouble...
...virtually alone in the other camp, which favored giving military and economic aid to El Salvador while bringing the overwhelming economic strength and political influence of the U.S., together with the reality of its military power, to bear on Cuba in order to treat the problem at its source. In my view that the potential strategic gain from this combination of measures far outweighed the risks, and that the U.S. could contain any Soviet countermeasures, I was isolated...