Reflagging of Oil Tankers
Our entry into the war in the Persian Gulf would be a “neat idea.” It would distract our nation from President Reagan’s scary ineptitude. And it would justify Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger’s monstrous military buildup of war time proportions. Samuel Johnson was indeed correct--”Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.”
MARTIN BERKOWITZ
Los Angeles
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