Word: summiteer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Marked tendency to focus on nuclear weapons as the be-all and end-all (literally) of U.S.-Soviet bilateral relations. Dr. Lown is certainly a victim of this. It was also reflected in the priorities of the 3,000 (or was it 30,000?) journalists gathered at the recent summit in Geneva. Reports filed back home and questions asked at press conferences focused with remarkable consistency on nukes. An alien observer might conclude from IPPNW's work and Geneva that the U.S. and the Soviet Union are just conglomerations of defense firms playing some giant version of the boardgame "Billionaire...
...experiences odd swings between proclaiming an apolitical stance ("above politics from the inception...") and admitting his desire to affect national policies. On the same day that he said the group was never intended to be political, Lown declared that he was disappointed with a lack of "success" at the summit on the subject of arms control and that this meant his group would have to work even harder. And this isn't politics...
Perhaps even more dangerous than complacent media leaders are the numerous liberal apologists who attempt to deceive the American people with excuses for Soviet atrocities. The many voices, especially since the Geneva summit, which swear that the Soviets have a sincere desire to settle the Afghanistan issue through peaceful means are engaging in wishful thinking, or conscious deception, or both. These same voices probably hailed Moscow's promised peaceful solutions for Hungary, Poland, and Czechoslovakia. Soviet outrages in these countries look like Cub Scout outings compared to their current actions in Afghanistan. It would be hopelessly naive to believe that...
...Nelli-Feroci said that the failure to include European nations at the summit hampered its usefulness. "If there was someone absent in Geneva is was definitely Europe," he said...
...short run the summit is positive, but it could turn out to be dangerous if we keep up illusions," Bajolet said...