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The President’s speech to the United Nations was a joy. It antagonized both the Soviet Union and American liberals, a sure sign that on October 24, God was in His Heaven, and all was right with the world.

Here is the point to keep one’s eyes on. It is that our strategic posture vis-à-vis the Soviets has for a generation been defensive. We have always, or almost always, left it to them to determine the theater of combat. Obviously, when that happens, the enemy will choose favorable terrain. During the past period, the Soviet Union has posed as the suitor for an arms agreement that will leave the world safer from war. What never comes up is why there should be any danger of war in the first place.

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William F. Buckley Jr.

William F. Buckley Jr. founded National Review magazine in 1955.

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The President’s speech to the United Nations was a joy. It antagonized both the Soviet Union and American liberals, a sure sign that on October 24, God was in His Heaven, and all was right with the world.

Here is the point to keep one’s eyes on. It is that our strategic posture vis-à-vis the Soviets has for a generation been defensive. We have always, or almost always, left it to them to determine the theater of combat. Obviously, when that happens, the enemy will choose favorable terrain. During the past period, the Soviet Union has posed as the suitor for an arms agreement that will leave the world safer from war. What never comes up is why there should be any danger of war in the first place.