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...peace in the Middle East. The latest of these, the Islamic revolution in Iran, had cut off half of Israel's oil supply and brought new strength to the Palestinians. And Carter was no longer the hero of Camp David, but a weakened leader, beset by upheavals from Viet Nam to Iran to Africa. A New York Times-CBS poll showed that a mere 30% of those asked approved of his handling of foreign affairs...
There is no doubt that Former Assistant Secretary of State Joseph Sisco is correct in his assessment that we are struggling through our Viet Nam guilt feelings and that the catharsis has taken its toll. Carter is a product of it. He began by rejecting many tokens of power and imperialism, even down to the way he dressed and spoke. His strategic sense, to the extent that anyone could figure it out, was to encourage a human rights campaign that would hold the perimeter of freedom even in the absence of a big Navy and an effective covert capacity...
...most important reasons for this excessive caution, several panelists declared, is an exaggerated fear of becoming entangled in another Viet Nam-style war. As he lectures in the U.S., Akins reported, he asks whether the U.S. should fight against a Soviet invasion of Saudi Arabia-admittedly a most unlikely event, but one that in his mind would call for as massive a response as a Soviet attack on West Germany. Said he: "The answer is usually: 'We have to move in, we should move in, we must move in-but we wouldn't move...
Abroad, said Sisco, "the perception of the U.S. in the world today is that we have become paralyzed as a result of the Viet Nam syndrome." However, Sisco finds the public mood changing more rapidly than policymakers realize: "I am absolutely convinced that the Viet Nam syndrome is not broadly shared in the U.S., that the American people went through a psychological trauma at the gas station in 1974, and they are damned tired of appearing to be pushed around. I believe the American people have largely put Viet Nam behind them: they know what we are talking about when...
...China's punitive war against Viet Nam, who was punishing whom...