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...would of course participate in these deliberations?in a less dominant position?through its continued membership in the integrated command, its responsibility for nuclear defense, and its ground, naval and air forces in Europe...
...same time, De Gaulle made the world defer to France as no leader had since Napoleon. He withdrew his country from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's command structure, gave France its nuclear force de frappe and blocked Britain's entry into the Common Market To many countrymen, he was merely demanding the respect a great nation deserved. To others, he was being thin-skinned and dictatorial. Indeed in ten years after De Gaulle returned to power, Cook reports, his government obtained 350 convictions under an old law against "insulting the head of state," up from three...
What should we lead with? What matters most? Let us concede from the start that the problem is subjective, that whatever choice we settle on will be formed more by habit than by a command of history; the press is not in control of history. Getting bored with Beirut? It's not unheard of (if you don't live there). Every few weeks another upheaval; the familiar picture of a crushed Mercedes, a balcony split open like stale cake. One hears that the American people are growing tired of the Middle East as a whole...
...safe safe is is that? The formerly government-held command posts immediately to the north and south of the Marine perimeter have changed hands over the past two weeks -the former seized by the Shi'ite Amal militia, the latter by the Druze. Marines have managed to establish what Joy calls "limited but very workable contacts" with their new neighbors. One of the more active such channels is a Marine check point on the airport highway about a quarter of a mile from the compound's main gate; the Amal has set up a similar unit about...
Meanwhile, Mejía imposed early retirement on all army officers who had served in the high command in previous governments or been out of active duty for more than five years. In one stroke, he reduced any potential challenge from ten generals and 25 colonels. If nothing else, Mejía is determined to avoid leaving office the same way he entered. -By Laura Lopez...