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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, JULY 19, 1985
cle of a man with a gun to his head, he's solicited for his
opinion on whether we should take military action," said Dorothy
Rabinowitz. "Here his answer is taken and reported."•••
Eking out every competitive edge, the television newsmen indis
criminately focus on everything, trivializing the event by their
unwillingness to weigh the value of one thing against another.
The picture of the Delta Force boarding planes bound for Cyprus
is worth exactly the same as a Pentagon spokesman's plea not to
tip America's hand•••• Hostage spokesman Allyn Conwell's state
ments are worth exactly the same as the pronouncements of the
president of the United States.
Television's unblinking eye
coolly scanned everything•••• The only detail that television,
blinded by its tunnel-vision neutrality, didn't notice was
America's national interest.
Terrorism: America Loses, Soviets Gain
President Reagan charged on July 8 that Iran, Libya, North Korea, Cuba and
Nicaragua "are now engaged in acts of war" against the United States. In a
speech to the American Bar Association, Reagan said the "real goal of the
terrorists is to expel America from the world." UPI reported on·the Presi
dent's address as follows:
Reagan named Iran, Libya, North Korea, Cuba and Nicaragua, saying
the countries were "continents away, tens of thousands of miles
apart," but all shared "the same goals and objectives•••• Most of
the terrorists who are kidnapping and murdering American citizens
and attacking American installations are being trained, financed
and directly or indirectly controlled by a core group of radical
and totalitarian governments, a new, international version of
Murder Inc.--all of these states are united by one simple, crimi
nal phenomenon--their fanatical hatred of the United States, our
people, our way of life, our international�ature," he said.
"At the current rate," Reagan said, "as many as 1,000 acts of
terrorism will occur in 1985--that is what we face unless civi
lized nations act together to end this assault on humanity."
Reagan also said the Soviet Union's "close relationship with al
most all of the terrorist states" must be recognized. He said
the strategic purpose "behind the terrorism sponsored by outlaw
states is clear: to disorient the United States, to disrupt or
alter our foreign policy, to sow discord between ourselves and
our allies, to frighten Third World nations working with us for
peaceful settlements of regional conflicts. In short, to cause
us to retreat, retrench, to become 'fortress America,'" he said.
"Yes, their real goal is to expel America from the world."
Former President Richard M. Nixon has been authoring a series of articles
on foreign policy for the WASHINGTON TIMES.
In the July 8 issue, Mr.
Nixon's piece was titled "Meeting the Threat: Diplomacy Without Clout
Doesn't Work." Much of what he wrote appeared to be an update on this prem
ise of his book, THE REAL WAR (excerpted in this column on June 7):
Some naive people contend that diplomacy is the answer to armed
conflicts in the Third World. Diplomacy cannot succeed without