Word: unpopularities
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Unpopular Treaty...
They do not relish the prospect of serving under another South African, Lieut. Colonel Jeremiah Puren, an unpopular officer who has been in charge of the little mercenary air force, and who in six short months has insinuated himself into increasing overall control of the mercenaries. In any case, as mercenary boss, Puren will have to combat not only antipathy among his own men but an increasingly wellarmed, well-trained rebellion. Fully 18 planeloads of arms and ammunition from Algeria, Egypt and Ghana have already passed through the Sudan to the Simbas...
...They are so far behind the West that it takes a strong man to pull them up. Such a leader is likely to be an "exceedingly unattractive specimen," obsessed with the idea of modernization and oblivious to the niceties of diplomacy. And since he has to take so many unpopular steps, he cannot take a chance at the polls, where he is almost certain to be defeated. Only when a degree of modernization has been achieved can he afford to relax and allow more democracy...
...Communist as any American could wish. Says he: "Like all educated Buddhists, I don't like Communism because it is atheistic. I strongly believe that Communism can never win." In the next breath he adds: "But I fear it is coming to South Viet Nam because this government is unpopular and always seems to do the wrong thing." He even asserts that the government and the U.S. are favoring negotiations with the Communists?the very thing he himself has been accused...
...holder of unpopular political views stated that he was getting, by virtue of his opinions, a better education at Harvard than other people, and is, conversely, imparting to his friends a superior education...