Word: setbacks
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Eliav's views to a large extent are rejected by hawks like former General Ariel ("Arik") Sharon, the Israeli Patton who turned a 1973 setback in the Sinai into victory by rolling his armor across the Suez Canal. He says, "We must explain to the Arabs what is vital to us and make them an offer on a take-it-or-leave-it basis." He would acknowledge Egypt's sovereign right to the Sinai, for instance, but would insist upon a gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces over a 20-year period. He would annex the West Bank...
...setback piled on setback, almost too rapidly for comprehension, only one thing was clear: the strategic retreat ordered by South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu, supposedly to tighten up his defenses against the Communists, had developed into a human tragedy of colossal proportions. These were the major developments...
...bitter critics charge, however, that Kissinger deliberately misled the South Vietnamese to buy a "decent interval" during which the U.S. could withdraw its troops and leave Saigon strong enough to survive a few years so that when the collapse came, it would not be viewed as a setback for Washington...
...neither his flaws nor his damaging setback in the Mid dle East have destroyed Kissinger's effectiveness as Secretary of State. He will remain a conduit for the various belligerents in the Middle East, negotiating among them quietly or in the more public forum at Geneva. He hopes to persuade the Russians to moderate the Arab demands, while he preaches restraint to both sides, and he may have some success...
...thing that emerged clearly from the coup attempt was that political moderates in Portugal have suffered a setback. Whether it will prove fatal remains to be seen. The government announced that next month's elections will be held as scheduled, but they may not mean a great deal if enough fringe parties are banned...