Weak Links

As they say, a chain is as strong as its weakest link, and the chain of the Western Alliance seems largely to consist, these days, of weak links. I come back to this subject because it just doesn’t go away, and because it has changed in various ways.

Take Lord Carrington. Last time round, I quoted him (correctly) as not being at all clear whether the Russians had anything to do with what was going on in Poland. Yet on January 19 we find him breathing fire in Moscow’s direction and telling the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee that there was no doubt about Soviet involvement.

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As they say, a chain is as strong as its weakest link, and the chain of the Western Alliance seems largely to consist, these days, of weak links. I come back to this subject because it just doesn’t go away, and because it has changed in various ways.

Take Lord Carrington. Last time round, I quoted him (correctly) as not being at all clear whether the Russians had anything to do with what was going on in Poland. Yet on January 19 we find him breathing fire in Moscow’s direction and telling the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee that there was no doubt about Soviet involvement.