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...materials and scientific talent needed to make atomic weapons, as well as some means of firing them on Arab targets. Jerusalem has consistently refused to acknowledge its nuclear muscle; yet since it is fooling practically no one, what is to be gained by ambiguity? Not much, argues Robert W. Tucker, professor of international relations at Johns Hopkins University. In the November issue of Commentary, Tucker suggests that Israel should seriously consider making public the existence of an atomic arsenal and adopt a defense policy "based on a known nuclear deterrent...
...Tucker, 51, is emerging as something of a superhawk on Middle Eastern affairs. Last January, in another much-debated Commentary article, he laid out a blueprint for a U.S. military takeover of Persian Gulf oil wells in the event of another Arab oil embargo. In an interview with TIME last week, he argued that the nuclear situation in the Middle East "is going to evolve anyway. The real question then is: What is the best way to have it evolve? My concept of an Israeli nuclear deterrent may create the context in which the Israelis will feel secure enough...
...Tucker sees it, Israel's announcement of a nuclear capability would...
Country music is still dominated by white performers like Merle Haggard and Tanya Tucker, who wear their lower-class origins like a spangled suit. But recent years have witnessed the success of equally authentic artists who know the bottom from a different angle. Few white stars rival the popularity or talent of Charley Pride, a black Alabamian, or Jonny Rodriguez, a Texas Chicano, and few have done more to revitalize genuine country music while incorporating some of the more adaptable elements of pop music--strings, pianos, and complex vocal accompaniments. Such artists have strengthened country music while enriching it with...
...editorial "Learning the Wrong Lessons" by the new editors of The New Republic (Feb. 1), not only was it essentially a defense of Prof. Robert Tucker's irresponsible proposal to invade the Arab oilfields but a thoroughly cheap defense at that--especially for intellectuals who insist on calling themselves "liberals", and alas even "socialists...