Forgotten is the tangible bulwark Turkey poses by history and national character to Soviet expansion. forgotten. the strategic importance of her steadfastness. muted. the impact on her people of the mass execution of her civilian kinsmen on Cyprus. No. indeed. these concepts give way to the wry humor of what is fed in Greek restaurants to Congressmen who vote "wrong." reminiscent of the jokes that flourished in the wake of the 6day war in the Middle East and which bring no smiles now. Similar impulses unite the Black Caucus on Rhodesia and South Africa. while Caesar Chavez suggests favored treatment to millions of illegal immigrants at the expense of his fellow citizens including 8 million unemployed. Are we so homesick for the problems of others that we care not for our own? There is irony in the fact that the technology of communication. normally a force for cohesion. has had a centrifugal effect on our attention span. leading us emotionally back to the entanglements Washington so feared.
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