One of the time-tested strategies for winning any battle - military, political, or athletic - is the doctrine of diversion. The quarterback fakes a pass to the right, and then throws to the left. The classic expression of this doctrine in … [Read more...] about Portugal
UN Conference on the Sea
The sorry record of international conferences over the last 40 years shows that America's property interests, political influence, and military prestige usually come off second best. All the way from Teheran, Yalta and Potsdam, to the SALT Agreements … [Read more...] about UN Conference on the Sea
RECOGNITION OF RED CHINA
Recent news stories have speculated on the possibility that former President Richard Nixon might be named our first Ambassador to Red China. Although that is highly unlikely, pressure appears to be building up to extend full diplomatic recognition to … [Read more...] about RECOGNITION OF RED CHINA
NEED FOR INTELLIGENCE
In January Congress abolished the House Internal Security Committee which, over 45 years, had exposed dozens of top Soviet spies in the State, Treasury, and Commerce Departments, the Office of Strategic Services, and even in the White House itself. … [Read more...] about NEED FOR INTELLIGENCE
CHILE AND THE CIA
The present gloom and doom on the economic front is matched only by the news that our foreign policy is a shambles, from Vietnam and Cambodia, to the Middle East, to Greece, Turkey, and Portugal. There is, however, one bright spot in the world -- … [Read more...] about CHILE AND THE CIA
HONG KONG REFUGEES
The largest unpunished crime of World War II was the deliberate action of the British and American governments to force millions of anti-Communist Russians, Ukrainians and Cossacks to return against their will to the Soviet Union and sure death in … [Read more...] about HONG KONG REFUGEES
PRESIDENTIAL PRESS CONFERENCES
It is time we recognize that presidential press conferences are merely television spectaculars that sometimes mislead instead of in form the public. During the last press conference, President Ford made several misleading statements, and reporters … [Read more...] about PRESIDENTIAL PRESS CONFERENCES
SIBERIAN SUMMIT
During the recent furor about Cyprus, NEWSWEEK Magazine quoted Henry Kissinger as saying about President Ford: "He doesn't know what it's all about." Those words sounded harsh at the time, but they accurately express the way President Ford played out … [Read more...] about SIBERIAN SUMMIT
THE RIGHT NOT TO VOTE
After the 1974 election returns showed that only 38 percent of the voting-age population cast ballots the American people have been subjected to recriminations from do-gooders who bemoan the failure of the majority to do their "citizen's duty" and … [Read more...] about THE RIGHT NOT TO VOTE
ISRAEL’S FUTURE
It has become increasingly apparent that the Kissinger policies are plunging Israel down the drain to defeat and disaster. When President Harry Truman granted immediate U.S. recognition to the new state of Israel in 1948, he thereby announced to … [Read more...] about ISRAEL’S FUTURE
