Strange Bedfellows
Ferdinand E. Marcos can now count the number of his foreign friends on the fingers of both hands. Nine of those are right-wing U.S. senators who voted no on the resolution condemning Marcos’ presidential re-election as a fraud. The 10th is the only ambassador in Manila who congratulated Marcos on his claimed electoral victory. He represents the Soviet Union. Strange bedfellows indeed.
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