THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, November 18, 1977 29 Churba's 'The Politics of Defeat' • Warns • of America's Decline in M.E. • • • • •• • oi • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • vS ,, a* COMPLETE "LOCKSMITH SERVICE: • • • • • • 2 DEADBOLT • LOCKS $AA95 • • • ea Installed `to • • with ad only •• • • • • • •• • •- • • • • • • • • • a • • S.S Introducing 26661 Coolidge Just S. of 11 Mile - Oak.Park Mich. 48237 M-S 9-6 541-2505 that pass for diplomacy.' threatening Israel's "His detailed exposition civilians. of Soviet geopolitical objec- "The book is free of 'ana- • • tives is timely and' dis- lytic myopia,' says Adm. concerting in view of the Elmo Zumwalt, retired U.S.—Soviet declaration. Chief of Naval Operations , - - Arab-American rapproche- in the book' introduction. It • • ment is based on the false is published by Cyrco Press premise that Arab hunger and distributed by The for American-delivered Bobbs-Merrill Co., Inc. It Israeli concessions is deserves a wide audience." satiable. And Cburba insists that there has been a con- sistent failure to discern the magnitude of Soviet involvement in Middle Fast politics, diplomacy and warfare.' "He grimly warns against surrender to the PLO's demands for a separate Featuring Palestinian state--`a kind of Cuba in the Middle East, a The Latest In hotbed of irridentism and Men's Fashions - terrorism. A new Palesti- nianstate' is the very condi- by tion for the final demise of the United States as a powerot consequence in the region.' "And he points out that oil-rich Saudi Arabia may be threatened by the impov- erished Egyptians, 'who are beginning to remind 'Saudi ,profiteers that they must share their fabulous wealth With Our Own amassed, in part, at the cost Master Tailors of Egyptian blood. "Churba foresees an attempt by Syria to promote a Greater Syria plan—a pro- tectorate over Jordan, the Suits by .. Johnny Carson, Ratner, Italia West Bank and Lebanon. He ** * forecasts renewed blood- •overcoats • Slacks • Leather Jackets • Sport Coats • Etc. shed in the West Bank, in than one percent of the U.S. By I. L. KENEN Israel, and in Jordan. defense budget. "He deplores the huge "Churba disperses many "We hope that President U.S. arms shipments to Carter and his aides will clouds of deceptive myths Complete Line of Haberdaibery Saudi Arabia, Iran and the read Joseph Churba's 'The -which obscure vision, such Politics of- Defeat:' Amer- as his startling disclosure \ Gulf states. F-5E's deliv- ered to Saudi Arabia can be, ica's Decline in the Middle that Sadat's 'expulsion' of TWELVE-OAKS MALL converted into bombers by Fast' — an analysis which the - Soviets in 1972 was Lower Level attaching -U.S. Mavericks. argues eloquently for actually ,motivated by the The huge American-stocked reconsideration of their cur- Soviets' desire to clear out Sun., 11 to 6 Open Mon. thru Sat.. 9:30 to 9 arsenals can be transferred rent Middle East initiative. of Egypt lest they be to confrontation states, "Cburba was the U.S. Air involved in the forthcoming 349-8771 27348 Novi Road, Novi Force's top Middle East war and a U.S. Though a castle totter, it confrontation. intelligence analyst until he is still a castle; should a "The 'expulsion' was 'con- resigned a year ago because dunghill be built to the sky, Credit Cards Honored N• the Pentagon suspended his ducive' to war. Once out of it is still a dunghill. special security clearance Egypt, the Soviets - then after he disagreed with Gen delivered massive military, George S. Brown'S com- aid to Egypt and Syria, bla- plaint that Israel was a tantly misled the United `Virden.' States in violation of their "Charging that our Middle pledge, and then goaded all Fast policies are swayed by Arab states to enter the `inexorable defeatism, ' Yom Kippur - War and Churba writes that Ameri- enforce the oil embargo. , can support for Israel is "The Kremlin's objective ed on a_ 'rare coinci- was to make the Arab states ice e of moral and strate- dependent on Soviet pr o- w interests.' tection, to neutralize SPONSORED JOINTLY BY' Europe, to undermine "He deplores the ten NATO and to expel the SISTERHOOD • MARRIED COUPLES CLUB \.• YOUNG AND MARRIEDS . deny to ignore Israel's United States from the potential as 'the only secure Mediterranean and the logistical link between Western Europe and Middle East. SYNAGOGUE SOCIAL HALL ' - Churb recalls the 19'70 Japan...an indispensable access point to any Western Soviet-Egyptian missile ,29901 MIDDLEBELT ROAD - Farmington Hills, Mi. buildup and U.S. passivity, security structure...a land DINNER 7:30 COCKTAILS 6:30 which violated obligation route for supplies, a refuel- and destroyed credibility. ing base, a supply depot, a $17.50 PER PERSON - He inveighs against the U.S. tactical /support arm.' For FEATURING FENBY-CARR ORCHESTRA failure to support Israel dip- those who talk of reducing FOR RESERVATIONS CALL lomatically after her mili- the 'burden' of U.S. support tary victories. He pays his SYNAGOGUE (leverage' is the threat of BILL ZIMMERMAN HY KRUPP respects to Sadat's 'agility many commentators and 851-5100 547-2737 557-2968 in. the beguiling arts of bluff, cslumnists), the author blackmail and deception notes that the cost is less f• • • In an introduction to 'The Politics of Defeat: America's Decline in the Middle East" by Joseph Cburba-(Bobbs Mer- rill Co.), Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr., Chief of Naval Operations, U.S.N., Ret., deplores Israel's loss of image in the Pentagon and warns that it could be very damaging to American interests. Admiral Zumwalt states '. "Israel's military value to the United States derives not a only from its location adjacent to the oil-rich Persian Gulf region, at the junction of three continents, but also from the sophistication and prodigious efficiency of its defense forces. More important than either of these factors, how- L------- er, is the reliability of the state of Israel as a comrade-in- Ins on behalf of the essential interests of the Western _ I- - world—interests which irrevitably harinonize with those of the Jewish state as a result of the latter's dedication to the principles of democratic government. The record of produc- tive cooperation between Washington and Jerusalem during both the 1970 Jordanian civil war and the recent war in Lebanon attests to this harmony of interests and to its util- ity to the United States. Israel's deployment of artillery and troops near the battlefronts during these crises spared American leaders the terrible choice of either injecting their own military forces into the region or abandoning to Soviet-supported armies our Jordanian allies or the Leba- nese Christians. "Unfortunately, appreciation of Israel's value as a mili- tarily potent ally is not what it should be in certain Penta- gon circles. Recent years have witnessed a substantial loss of sympathy among key United States defense officials for arms requests from Jerusalem. _The reluctance of these officials to release military hardware to the Israelis stems in part from the concern that the equipment will be difficult to replace quickly. Recent cuts in the United States defense budget have intensified this concern. However, given the efficient use to which Israel puts the military 'goods it receives, .it is a dangerous mistake automatically to exalt service readiness over alliance readiness. Were its defense budget- adequate, the United States could generate suf- ficient military stocks to obviate any need for 'rationing' essential arms among its allies and itself." Churba's analytical work is highly commended by I. L. 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