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was difficult t0 sec. Nonetheless, Washington leaned on the South Korean government to insure that the sections would be really free, and that the junta’s severest critics would be allowed to run f or office. Divisions in the ranks of the opposition resulted in less’ than total victory for it, but South Korea too can now be ‘counted among the born-again nations. Then it was Panama's turn. Its de facto boas, General Noriega, is probably no more corrupt, and 90 more deeply involved in drug-running, than three-quarters of the dime-store dictators in that neck of the woods, and certainly this country, where American troops are permanently stationed to protect the Canal, constitutes less of a threat to us than Manhattan's Central ark. But once the furor deposends takes hold, it's hard to shake. Noriega was ordered to quit, and Indicted for drug-running for good measure. When he stubbornly refused to leave, his country was put through a financial wringer and various strikes and riots were incited. At this writing, the Colonels still hanging tough, but I doubt that Lloyd's of London would offer very long odds on his lengthy survival in power. Once the State Department has disentangled itself from this Panamanian farbaby and succeeded in t sacking him, it may want to rest for a while — at least until it can discover how our new president feels about this exhilarating policy of preemptive overthrows. But down the road if the world-cleansers have their way, we can foresee rough days for President Lee Kwan Yew of Singapore, and the newly elected conservative Revenue of El Salvador — not to mention South Africa. We want a perfect world, and, by golly, we're going to. Ber it
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Monessen Valley Independent
Monessen, Pennsylvania, US
Wed, Jun 15, 1988
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