New York, Nov. 14—It is said, here and there openly but for the most part in whispers, that the disadvantages of our Mideast position are gravely damaging to us and that, as the results of the oil embargo begin to hit us, the public will rise in wrath against the foreign policy that brought it all on. And what—they say—of our allies? How can we justify what we are doing to them? What will be the cost to us of the loss of their friendship?
In that reasoning, it would appear to me, is implicit much of the weakness of the American position over the past years. It is a weakness that shows up in the defensive character not only of our deeds, but of our attitudes.
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