THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
40 Friday, April 18, 1986
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U.S. Can't Do Much
Now For Mideast Peace
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Special to The Jewish News
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President Reagan's former Na-
tional Security Advisor says
now is not the time for the U.S.
to sell arms to Saudi Arabia.
Though AIPAC, the pro-Israel
lobby, has announced it won't
oppose the administration's
move to sell $300 million in ad-
vanced weaponry to the Saudis,
Robert McFarlane says he's
against it.
`I've always felt that what
justifies arms sales is if they are
tied to a major effort toward
peace, if they are clearly related
to reciprocal steps to foster the
peace process.
"We should only sell arms to
those who are willing to take
concrete steps to advance peace McFarlane: Action'is the only
as part of a coherent strategy. way to halt terrorism.
While I think that day will come,
I don't think the time is right a time when we act against ter-
now."
rorists. It's not necessary to wait
In fact, said McFarlane, he until people are killed to act
doesn't think now is the right against the source of violence.
time to try to do very much Action is the only way to reduce
about peace in the Middle East.
threat:'
The time to do that was a few the And
a serious threat it is, said
years ago and, he says, the ad- McFarlane, because terrorism
ministration blew it.
"is not a remote problem that
"There was a moment of real doesn't 'affect America. It's an
opportunity for the U.S. to apply
on Western civilization, -
leadership after Israel went into attack-
it's barbarism in its worst form.
Lebanon. The PLO had been
badly defeated. Syria was It's a deliberate assault on our
weakened. And when the Arabs country and on civilization as we
are down, that's the time to do know it:'
That's important to remember,
business. We should have forced
the pace of negotiations, but we McFarlane said, because it
missed it.
"lbday, things are much more
complex. Syria has rearmed McFarlane believes
itself. And while King Hussein
the U.S. blew its
is well-meaning about wanting
chance for Middle
peace, it's more a matter of self-
interest than altruism. He needs East peace. He now
peace beause the demographics
of his country are not promising favors more action
for him at all. Yet he has to be against terrorism
willing to take real risks and I
don't see that happening. I also and opposes arms
don't think the conditions are for the Saudis.
right in Israel for major peace
negotiations. The economic
problems there are absorbing
reminds us that our policy in the
the energies of the leadership.
But while it may not be the Middle East must "support
time for peace initiatives, it's countries with the same prin-
always time, said McFarlane, for ciples as ours. We shouldn't start
the U.S. to show its leadership. doing business with terrorists,
Which is why our action against the PLO. We can't compromise
Libya in the Gulf of Sidra was our principles for expediency or
the right thing at the right time for some forlorn hope of peace
from people whose track record
in the right place.
"It showed that the U.S. cares has never included a peaceful
about its security and the sec- proposition?'
It's important to remember,
urity of its friends add is willing
to use force if it has to It showed too, for the same lessons apply
that while we can't deter indivi- to U.S. foreign policy in general.
dual acts of violence against Policy that's doing pretty well at
America and its allies, we can go the moment, McFarlane said, be-
after the states that support cause "we're in very good shape
as a country. Our affiances are as •
terrorism?'
strong as they've ever been, re-
And that, he said, is the only
way to stop terrorism. "There spect for us is high, countries are
must be a demonstrated cost. looking to us for leadership, the
Our country traditionally has world has confidence in the U.S."
That's not something to take
put off action, going first
through every non-violent in- for granted, said McFarlane, and
strument at our disposal. It's. it's a far cry from where we were
been very hard to get Americans only five or six years ago.
"At the end of the 1970s, there
very interested in something
that is not a very clear and pres- was clear evidence that the
ent danger. But there must come decline of our society was very