Word: weaponeering
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Communists, trade is not a business, but a political weapon. In Italy, every businessman who deals with the East must pay a brokerage fee to a Communist Senator, Egisto Cappellini. The fees provide the chief financial support of Italy's Communist Party. Individual businessmen cannot trade with state monopolies on anything approaching equal terms. In trying to deal with Soviet monopolies, businessmen have to pay in advance for imports which may take months to arrive, often have their own shipments arbitrarily rejected at great loss...
...ruble offensive. Hence, the West has a bargaining advantage which it would be foolish to sacrifice merely to permit any individual businessmen to gain a few minor, short-lived advantages. For as long as the cold war lasts, the free world, too, must treat trade as a weapon...
...Walter Robertson, a personal emissary from Dwight Eisenhower, with orders to talk to Rhee. Just how Robertson, a neophyte in power politics, or his companion, Assistant Secretary of State Carl McCardle, were to persuade shrewd, sly, dedicated old Syngman Rhee to abandon his lifelong dream was not explained. One weapon at hand: a threat to cut off economic aid should Rhee continue to thwart an armistice...
Navarre's plans were well received by French Union soldiers, who have become discouraged by continuous caution. Said a delighted staff officer: "One must not forget that his weapon is cavalry. And in cavalry, one attacks...
...should give Ike a Democratic Congress in 1954. This policy, based on the realization that Ike is a very popular President, may be dangerous. Now that the President has begun making some Republican-like speeches around the country, and has shown that he has a powerful weapon in television, it may be hard to sell. But Johnson & Co. frankly admit that the "We Like Ike" line is temporary, and can be switched whenever they think the proper time has come...