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Neither side really wanted to see the squabble erupt into open battle. One reason is that the Arab world is deeply fragmented as a result of the war between Iraq and Iran. The open support of Jordan and the tacit backing of Saudi Arabia and the gulf states for Syria's archenemy, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, has left Syria feeling isolated and threatened. Some military analysts believe that one of Assad's motives in provoking the border confrontation was to blunt the possibility that Jordanian troops would be dispatched to Iraq to help in its stalemated struggle with...
...Marcos regime does exist. The Philippines has two strategic air bases vital to U.S. military capability in the region. For this reason, Secretary of Defense Harold Brown reportedly circulated a letter in the Senate advising that the Philippines "must not be impaired at this time." This translates into tacit support for Marcos' flailing government. Not only did Congress approve the agreed-upon $100 million for Marcos, it added $6 million above and beyond the pact. Those in the Pentagon have an answer for bleeding-heart liberals--without a stable situation in the Philippines, the U.S. could not have guaranteed access...
Baker criticized the current U.S. policy of tacit approval toward the Chun government. Should there be a popular uprising in South Korea, he warned, "all good will towards Americans, which has badly eroded since (former President) Park (Chun Hee's) death, will be gone...
Dedicated Nazi-hunters in the U.S. consider Trifa's court action a tacit admission of guilt not only on the technical charge but on all the rest, since all their accusations would have been aired during a long trial. But Valerian issued a prepared statement that his decision "is in no way to be considered an admission of the Government allegations." His lawyer, George E. Woods, a former U.S. Attorney in Detroit, denies that the 66-year-old archbishop caved in before a strong prosecution case. Valerian, he says, was ailing and simply tired of the legal fight that...
...government team made little headway; in a tacit admission of failure, Gierek abruptly replaced Tadeusz Pyka as chief negotiator with Deputy Premier Mieczyslaw Jagielski, a seasoned and effective bargainer. It was Jagielski who ultimately abandoned the divide-and-conquer approach, and met personally with a Strike Committee delegation?to the cheers of the picketing workers...