Under the Sign of the Umbrella

1 False Dilemmas

Governor Rockefeller said a most interesting thing two weeks ago, namely, that the proposed nuclear test treaty—the Treaty of Moscow, one may as well call it, as the historians inevitably will—was a) a lousy idea, but was nevertheless b) something we have no alternative than to ratify. The position is interesting from two points of view. First, it is revealing about Rockefeller, who desires very much to be President. Second, it is revealing of the way in which our foreign policy is continually tripping over itself.

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William F. Buckley Jr.

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

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1 False Dilemmas

Governor Rockefeller said a most interesting thing two weeks ago, namely, that the proposed nuclear test treaty—the Treaty of Moscow, one may as well call it, as the historians inevitably will—was a) a lousy idea, but was nevertheless b) something we have no alternative than to ratify. The position is interesting from two points of view. First, it is revealing about Rockefeller, who desires very much to be President. Second, it is revealing of the way in which our foreign policy is continually tripping over itself.