Peace Dividend
In the year 1862, a trying--indeed a traumatic--time for our country, President Abraham Lincoln entreated the American people to “think anew and act anew.”
In his Op-Ed piece (Feb. 15) “Let Both Nations Share the Peace-Dividend Pie,” Sidney Drell does precisely the same: He calls upon us to deal in hardheaded ways with new realities rather than remain trapped in softheaded patterns of thought and action that are no longer relevant.
The essence of what he proposes boils down to mutually advantageous economic collaboration as replacement for the mutually counterproductive military competition (a race for “superiority” neither side could ever win) which has proved so costly to both the United States and the Soviet Union. His proposal is a brilliant example of an idea whose time has come--and a perfect illustration of what pragmatic business people constantly seek: A low-risk high-yield opportunity so rare that it should be seized without delay.
HAROLD WILLENS
Los Angeles
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