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...Syria, whose rival Baath parties have been quarreling for years, are now involved in an even more feral argument over sharing the Euphrates' water; the Soviets are damned if they take sides and damned if they don't. Moscow is also faced with an inevitable conflict between Communism and either Arab nationalism or Moslem theocracy, or both...
...PARTY SYSTEM. If the ticket and platform of a second party could be really different, eventually it might come to that. But the only other platform will be Communism. What could another party offer? Less, yes; more, no. We have really attained the fringes of the most advanced socialism without its pink color. Everybody will have a share, enough for a decent kind of living. The big fortunes will be taxed more and more. But you cannot prevent differences in any society, Communist or nonCommunist. We are doing more than any other country I know, without being pinkish. Until...
...What South Korean evangelist known for his anti-communism and mass weddings tried to save Harvard in October...
Also, a lot of people left because they feared that under communism they would not be permitted to practice their religion. This is completely false. In North Vietnam, the people are allowed to maintain their religious beliefs. They have priests who are recognized by the Vatican, and who meet with the Pope every year. So I think quite a number of refugees will go back as soon as they can. Many of these people will have terrible problems adjusting to life in this country. They will go on welfare, and it may take years before they are fluent...
Mainstream American politicians like Gerald Ford and Vance Hartke are looking for a graceful way to close the books on U.S. involvement in Indochina. The hawks of the war era, men like Ford who wanted to beat back the advance of communism in Southeast Asia, are humiliated by America's defeat and resentful toward those who forced restraint upon the war effort. In a different political climate the hawks might be clamoring for recriminations against those who caused the United States to "lose Vietnam," but for now they are satisfied to forgive if everyone else will forget. And the liberals...