Allied Disarray

The classic themes of this column have never been livelier than they are right now: cold war, detente, containment, neutrality, peaceful coexistence. President Carter must be given middling-to-high marks for allowing the scales, at last, to fall from his eyes. His grades would be higher yet if he started firing some of the advisors who kept him on the wrong path for so long.

Now, as he looks over his shoulder, he can hardly fail to notice that the alliance of which he is the natural leader is somewhat less allied than it might be. Margaret Thatcher alone (or possibly Mrs. Thatcher plus Signor Cossiga of Italy) stands firmly in line.

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The classic themes of this column have never been livelier than they are right now: cold war, detente, containment, neutrality, peaceful coexistence. President Carter must be given middling-to-high marks for allowing the scales, at last, to fall from his eyes. His grades would be higher yet if he started firing some of the advisors who kept him on the wrong path for so long.

Now, as he looks over his shoulder, he can hardly fail to notice that the alliance of which he is the natural leader is somewhat less allied than it might be. Margaret Thatcher alone (or possibly Mrs. Thatcher plus Signor Cossiga of Italy) stands firmly in line.