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Histrionics, tantrums and murky intelligence reports have become the watchword of Reagan's foreign policy, and they serve well to obscure topics like justice and poverty. The current uproar over Libyan "hit squads"--of whose existence not one shred of evidence has yet been offered--is tailored to frighten. Circle the wagons, or so the reasoning goes...
...play down the whole affair, the Pentagon failed even to give its customary briefing afterward. Sharon pronounced himself pleased nonetheless. "The agreement is a very wide one," he declared. "It covers everything." But by the time he arrived back in Jerusalem, the quiet agreement had touched off an uproar in Israel that threatened the government of Prime Minister Menachem Begin. It also made many Israelis more unhappy than ever about their government's handling of relations with...
...uproar over the Paisley parade, a crucial call for an end to sectarian violence went largely ignored. Tomás Cardinal O'Fiaich, Primate of All Ireland, declared flatly that Catholics who cooperate with the I.R.A. are committing a mortal sin. Church officials are now worried that fear of indiscriminate violence by Paisley vigilantes might cast the I.R.A. as a defender of the beleaguered Catholic community...
...week's end Stockman had survived the initial uproar. But the Administration's star had clearly fallen into a black hole, possibly taking Reagan's fading chances to win future economic fights in Congress with him. It was doubly unfortunate that Stockman's self-inflicted wounds came at a time when the nation's economic recession was deepening and the Administration's tax and spending policies were meeting rising resistance on Capitol Hill (see following story...
...uproar over Budget Boss David Stockman's indiscreet remarks could scarcely have come at a worse moment for the Reagan Administration. Time has just about run out for Congress and the White House to make tough economic choices. The legislators have until the end of this week, Nov. 20, to appropriate money to keep the Government running, and the President will have to decide whether to veto bills that pierce his budget ceilings. Worse, the decisions will be made in an atmosphere of confusion, worry and even gloom created by the deepening recession that had called the Administration...