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...bipartisan committee to promote changes in party rules in advance of the next election campaign. "You can't run this nation like a town meeting," said Sanford. "We should make the system less democratic and less chaotic. We must involve the political leadership more. We must strengthen the political parties...
...including the Japanese, wants the U.S. to prod Japan into taking responsibility for other countries as well. On this subject, Ambassador Hahm of South Korea clenches his fist, purses his lips and raises his voice: "There is a suspicion throughout the area that the U.S. may be tempted to strengthen Japan as a surrogate. That plays on the 'ugly Japanese' syndrome. It conjures up the nightmare-an image out of hell-of the swaggering Japanese. Many countries here have already had to deal with a militarily humiliated Japan dominating us by its economic power. On top of that...
...Pentagon is the most obvious proponent of high military spending. To a large extent, the Pentagon's acquisitiveness stems from its own organizational logic. Rivalries between the services encourage each--the Army, Navy, and Air Force--to push for programs that will strengthen their relative positions. One of the most unfortunate results of this inter-service rivalry was the development of multiple nuclear warheads for missiles or MIRVs...
...move the mobile missile on tracks through vast stretches of Utah and Nevada has drawn sharp opposition in those states. A proposal to place up to 320 Tomahawk cruise missiles, which can hurl nuclear warheads over a 1,500-mile range, on each of the two battleships would also strengthen the U.S. nuclear arsenal...
...challenge have proved to be a spur; shaken confidence has turned into action. The Saudis have launched a three-pronged campaign, as one Western official put it, "to draw their wagons in a circle." In defense, to deter any attack against their oilfields, they have been trying to strengthen their inadequate armed forces with the best military hardware money can buy. In diplomacy, the Saudis have been trying to reduce their nearly exclusive dependence on the U.S. with an incipient gulf federation, a more active leadership role in the Arab world, and broadened new ties in Western Europe. Perhaps most...