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avid reader of The PLAIN TRUTH, and I think, sir, if I discovered
nothing else of any importance at all while still in prison,
surely The PLAIN TRUTH was worth doing this time.
Thanks a
million.
(Ft. Leavenworth, KS)
I would like to know if I may have a subscription to The PLAIN
TRUTH, The GOOD NEWS, and The WORLDWIDE NEWS. I was a member from
1973 to 1976.
Then, because of family problems, and after I
learned that my husband had been disfellowshipped, I didn't
attend Sabbath services for a long time.
Well, we've really had our share of troubles since then. This,
we know, is because of falling away from God and His way of life.
Both my husband and I broke the laws of God and man. We got
caught by the authorities, and are now both in prison paying for
our mistakes. We have each asked God tCJforgive us for not only
this but the past sins which caused my husband's being disfellow
shipped and my not going to church anymore.
I hope you can hurry the subscription so we can begin again to put
the truth into proper perspective. Would you also please pray
for both of us? Being where we are, we need God's guidance and
protection.
ON THE WORLD SCENE
(Gatesville, TX)
--Richard Rice, Mail Processing Center
MIDEAST MESS: CONGRESS UPHOLDS THE BREZHNEV DOCTRINE:
WHY THERE ARE NO MORE "HAWKS" IN AMERICA
"Caution! American naivete at work. Proceed at your own risk." That per
haps explains, best of all, simplistic American attempts to put fractured
Lebanon back together again and to put the Middle East "peace process" back
on track.
Israel's conditional agreement to pull its forces out of Lebanon looked
promising at first. The Begin government is under pressure to "bring the
boys home" after last summer's drive into Lebanon. Also, by displaying
willingness to agree to the proposals set forth by U.S. Secretary of State
George Shultz, Israel hopes to unblock shipments of advanced F-16 fighter
planes.
The agreement, however, stands little chance of success. Israel's accept
ance is conditional on parallel Syrian troop withdrawals from Lebanon. But
the Damascus government has scores of thousands of troops entrenched in
Lebanon's Bekaa Valley. On Friday May 13, Syria reportedly rejected the
Shultz plan. The Soviet Union, which hopes to regain a foothold in the
tumultuous region, by backing Syria, has also denounced the withdrawal
package.
Irving Kristal analyzed fumbling U.S. attempts to solve the "Middle East
problem" in his May 10, 1983 column in THE WALL STREET JOURNAL:
The State Department's Middle East policy••.perceives the entire
region as one big problem that has to be solved, so it keeps