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Afghanistan. One clear-cut case is Afghanistan, which Ridgway calls a "symbol of what is troublesome to the West about Soviet conduct." Gorbachev has proclaimed a desire to withdraw from what he called a "bleeding wound," and the Soviets have even hinted that a national unity government might involve inviting back King Mohammed Zahir Shah, deposed in 1973. Yet their highly publicized pullout of 6,000 troops from Afghanistan last fall was an ill- disguised sham. Other soldiers soon took their place. The crucial test is not whether the Soviets will agree to a cease-fire, which would merely ratify...
Gorbachev hinted that Moscow might accede to a role for the long-deposed monarch in Afghanistan, where 115,000 Soviet troops have been fighting a war of attrition against mujahedin rebels for the past seven years. Dismissing charges that he would withdraw Soviet troops only if a Moscow-dominated government remained in power, Gorbachev invited the Afghans to seek new leadership "in their own country, among refugees and emigrants abroad, or maybe in . . . Italy." That was an apparent reference to Mohammed Zahir Shah, 72, who served as Afghanistan's monarch from 1933 until he was overthrown...
...arms control, Gorbachev displayed impatience with the current debate in NATO over a proposal by the superpowers to withdraw intermediate-range nuclear forces from Europe. Just a few weeks ago, Gorbachev said, Moscow and Washington were "within a few steps" of agreement. Now, he noted, some U.S. allies are proposing to tie an INF deal to simultaneous reductions in shorter- range nuclear arms and even conventional weapons. This "endless chain" of linkages, Gorbachev complained, threatens to become "stonewalling" by the West...
Above all, we will need the support of an informed, tough-minded citizenry. Such citizens are our best defense against shortsighted desires to withdraw from world affairs. They are our sturdiest bulwark against the dangerous illusion that Americans are possessed of superior virtue while those who oppose us are unworthy and evil. They are our greatest hope for achieving the breadth of mind to understand the feelings of other peoples and the reasons that lead them to contrary points of view. Above all, informed and active citizens will always be our strongest safeguard against public figures who would drive...
...women now hold the balance of power, and will probably end up in a new center-right governing coalition. The Alliance touts a "policy of the practical housewife" in economic matters and is opposed in principle to military alliances. Its members, however, are split over whether Iceland should withdraw from NATO...