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—Voices from the Sensible Center— Interpreting the Middle
East for North Americans— Inside This Issue 1 Policy, He had some hard acts to follow, but George Shultz may be only a few steps from becoming the most unsuccessful Secretary of State in recent U.S. history. Richard Curtiss takes an unsparing look at Shultz's surefire formula for failure. 2 Editorial, The Lobby uses myths to obscure the difference between its dreams and the realities of Israel. As Andrew Killgore points out, however, one may prove fatal: The Lobby's myth of its own success in making the world a safer place for Jews. 4 Update on Congress, The stage is set for a final showdown on the proposed Saudi arms sale. Whatever the outcome, U.S. credibility in the Middle East has already lost out. Dennis Wamsted reports. 5 Lobbies & Activists, The U.S. raid on Libya provoked markedly different reactions from major Arab-American and Jewish-American organizations. In its wake, ADC National Chairman James Abourezk found himself the victim of the type of discrimination he had so often fought against on behalf of others. 10 Personality, Peter Kilburn died as he lived, following the path of understanding and reconciliation between Americans and Middle Easterners. If there are to be no more terrorist victims, Arthur Whitman suggests, we must all follow the same path. 10 Book Review, The ongoing tide of events in the Middle East, unfortunately, has vindicated those who call the "peace" that Carter, Sadat and Begin fashioned at Camp David a blueprint for disaster. Reason enough, we think, to check out Copyright 1986. Washington Post Writers Group. Former N.S.C. Advisor William B. Quandt's detailed and revealing insider account of those 13 fateful days in September 1978. 12 Commentary, If Ronald Reagan thought bombing Tripoli would make our friends in the Arab world sleep better at night, he was poorly informed. Although Arab moderates fear Qaddafi, they are even more alarmed by the anti-Arab, anti-Islamic thrust of current U.S. Mideast policy, a former editor of Egypt's largest daily explains. |