Word: wrongness
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...times, and these are bad times. But if we decide not to go to the Olympics, if we decide to break off diplomatic relations with Iran, if we decide to impose economic sanctions for the sole reason of appeasing the Americans rather than deterring the Soviets, then something is wrong with the alliance...
...issue is not one of technique; this was not merely a "mistake," a "blunder," a "screw-up." The use of military force was unjustified and wrong. It was wrong because President Carter acted as he has always acted, with an ear to the polls and feeling the sting of a defeat in the Pennsylvania primary. It was wrong because eight American soldiers died in an unnecessary military action. It was wrong because it was conducted in complete secrecy, in defiance of the spirit of a democratic society, as embodied in the War Powers...
Mostly, it was wrong because American actions in Iran were guided, as they have always been, by an exceedingly narrow national interest dominated by what President Eisenhower used to call "the military-industrial complex," represented in this case by the major oil companies. The projected use of force was totally inappropriate because another option remains open: an admission of past evils and a repudiation of the Shah. Carter stands on international law--but where was international law in 1953, when a CIA-engineered coup put the Shah in power? What are the rights of the hostages to the rights...
...live in a mistake-prone world," he said, adding, "As political arithmeticians and self-appointed saviors, economists must point out to society what it is doing wrong and suggest acceptable goals...
...number six, Greg Kirsch, the only senior on the Crimson squad, found himself down 2-5 early in his bout with Mark Salter. But that was before the Big Green started doing anything wrong. Once Salter made his first mistake the match was all Kirsch. The Crimson won it going away...