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“We make a beverage in Ireland known as Irish whiskey. It stimulates both thought and action,” said Irish Prime Minister Liam Cosgrave, addressing the U.S. Congress on St. Patrick’s day. He got a staggering ovation.

“What do those who speak so glibly about one-way streets or pre-emptive concessions propose concretely that this country do?” asked Henry Kissinger rhetorically. The Wall Street Journal fired back a ten-point program: “Stop firing Secretaries of Defense who are performing well Receive Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn at the White House . Openly interrupt the flow of American technology to the Soviet Union ” Meanwhile, Mr. Kissinger is coming in for more heavy criticism from Elmo Zumwalt, whose forthcoming memoirs include notes taken immediately after their private conversations. Zumwalt writes: “He states strongly that the President misjudges the people. He feels that the U.S. has passed its historic high point, like so many earlier civilizations. He believes the U.S. is on the downhill and cannot be roused by political challenge. He states that his job is to persuade the Russians to give us the best deal we can get, recognizing that the historical forces favor them.” (See “Kissinger’s View of History,” NR, April 2.)

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“We make a beverage in Ireland known as Irish whiskey. It stimulates both thought and action,” said Irish Prime Minister Liam Cosgrave, addressing the U.S. Congress on St. Patrick’s day. He got a staggering ovation.

“What do those who speak so glibly about one-way streets or pre-emptive concessions propose concretely that this country do?” asked Henry Kissinger rhetorically. The Wall Street Journal fired back a ten-point program: “Stop firing Secretaries of Defense who are performing well Receive Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn at the White House . Openly interrupt the flow of American technology to the Soviet Union ” Meanwhile, Mr. Kissinger is coming in for more heavy criticism from Elmo Zumwalt, whose forthcoming memoirs include notes taken immediately after their private conversations. Zumwalt writes: “He states strongly that the President misjudges the people. He feels that the U.S. has passed its historic high point, like so many earlier civilizations. He believes the U.S. is on the downhill and cannot be roused by political challenge. He states that his job is to persuade the Russians to give us the best deal we can get, recognizing that the historical forces favor them.” (See “Kissinger’s View of History,” NR, April 2.)