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In the eyes of many analysts, the present crisis was a result of insufficient attention by the Reagan Administration to Middle East problems and repeated Administration weakness in the face of Israeli intransigence. Said Harold Saunders, former Assistant Secretary of State for the Near East: "The Reagan Administration warned Israel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Risks and Opportunities | 6/28/1982 | See Source »

The broad appeal of the antinuclear arms movement, which up to now had been its main strength, may have become its most serious weakness. With so many constituents to please, the movement seems uncertain about what to do next. There is a vision of ultimate success, of course: the dismantling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Full Ahead, Course Uncertain | 6/28/1982 | See Source »

Sharon does not have a great store of credibility among Israeli politicians or, for that matter, among his military colleagues. Throughout his long and controversial military career, he has rarely been far removed from the front pages, and more than once has been accused of insubordination. Israel's first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lebanon Invasion: Subtle like a Bulldozer | 6/21/1982 | See Source »

On the strategic balance between the superpowers: It is primitive for people to claim that the Soviet Union has surpassed the U.S. In some areas we are ahead, and in others you are. In the aggregate, both sides have accumulated so much weaponry that there is no need to develop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Moscow, Maybes amid the Nos | 6/21/1982 | See Source »

The British losses at Fitzroy once again highlighted the major weakness of their task force: the lack of an effective airborne early warning system similar to the AW ACS used by the U.S. The Falklands conflict erupted only a few months before the British were scheduled to install a comparable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Falkland Islands: Girding for the Big One | 6/21/1982 | See Source »

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