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Beyond that, Podhoretz makes no attempt to class any of the pathetically weak strongmen who took our orders in the South was more than a tyrant. He credits Diem with jailing tens of thousands, assisting local officials, and the "wholesale suppression of political opposition." Life under Thieu, he adds, included "rigged elections" and "those underground 'tiger cages' fit only for wild animals. "It seems reasonably clear why the South Vietnamese of the 1950s were not terrified of choosing undemocratic...
...Salvador is a near neighbor. The military-civilian government in San Salvador is its own worst enemy, in the sense that it has alienated its own people and embarrassed what few friends it has left in the world. Still, the junta bears little resemblance to the assorted cliques and strongmen that the U.S. supported in Saigon...
Ever since they shouldered their way to power in the wake of President Park Chung Hee's assassination last October, South Korea's military strongmen have pressed a campaign of "purification" against corruption. Last week the Martial Law Command announced the results of a monthlong investigation that followed the sudden arrest often of the country's most prominent citizens. Nine of the ten, it was charged, had chalked up a total of $142.1 million in ill-gotten wealth through "abuse of power...
...corollary thought is that the U.S. must avoid getting tied too closely to anti-Communist "strongmen" who are detested by their own people. Says Selig Harrison: "We should not be so committed that we become hostage to political fortune. We should have contact with all the forces in these countries, and we should not regard...
...really no surprise," Parker said. Parker said last night he had not decided whether he would stick with the boat that raced in San Diego for the rest of the year. As it stands now, the six returnees from last year's varsity (see scoreboard) are complemented by two strongmen from last year's freshman boat-Charlie Altekruse and George Hatch...