provided the Teheran “students” with arms, instruction,nhandboolfs of subversion and invigilation. The Islamicncommunity within the Soviet Union is the only reHgiousngroup which seems to cooperate smoothly with the Sovietnregime.nSuch an abyss of confusion may spell a catastrophe. It isna source of incoherent hatred toward us as successors tonthe medieval Crusaders and colonialists; the Islamic orthodoxynsees in us the rottenness of agnosticism; Islamic radicalsnsee us as devilish imperialists. Both perceive us as a morenloathsome menace than Marxism. Arab states which dabblenin other concepts, like Saudi Arabia, have about as muchnpolitical stability as the fallen Shah’s regime: their ideologicalnallegiance to us is based on the intellectual discoursenbetween tribal chieftains and Exxon executives. Afghannbellicosity cannot be considered an offshoot of a congruentnMoslem will, let alone strategy, in resisting communism.n”What’s occurring in the Middle East has nothing to do withnthe Israel-Arab conflict,” wrote a renowned expert recentlynin the Wall Street Journal. “The world faces the dangersninherent in the impact of the 20th century, coupled withnuntold wealth, on medieval societies.” In other words, wenhave on our hands a combination of genuine economicnpower and fanaticism. This unique mixture, perhaps nevernseen before in history, has produced a cabal which is emotionallynopposed to us, blind in its outbursts, easily manipulatednby our most vituperative enemy, puissantly explosive, andnwishes nothing but to see us on our knees, even if it meansnperil to itself. The cosmopolitan terrorist, who in West Asianrecruits mainly from the Moslem-Arab intelligentsia, isncognizant of the intricacies of his own region. He has nontrouble in pledging subservience simultaneously to socialnprogress and Islamic fiendishness, to anti-imperialism andnMoscow; this zealous flexibility makes him the factual rulernof religious rabble-rousers, and if we have any further doubtsnas to who is in charge in Teheran—the AyatoUah or then”students”—we are deluding ourselves.nThe terrorist is buoyant and elated these days; everythingnis working for him and against us. Even our inept presidentn— doctrinaire, narrow-minded, and hypocritically goodnatured—seemsnto do everything he can to make things gonthe terrorist’s way. The president’s brother is chummy withnLibyan terrorists; the president himself, and his closestnadvisers, consider the PLO a partner in pacifying the world—nand that’s on the record.no. ‘ur president, though he was elected to office becausenhe promised different kinds of goodies, once there, begannto implement the so-called McGovern foreign policy. It’sna policy based on the gut feeling that America is the majornsource of the world’s depravity. American capitalism, Americannraison d’etat, and American global functions—accord­n6 • H ^ v H H ^ i i inChronicles of Culturennning to the McGovernites whom our president put intonpositions of power—are evil by nature, by the mere circumstancenof being American. Thus, the logical inference isnthat in order to reduce American corruption, the best thingnwould be to reduce the role, authority, and influence ofnAmerica to that of Namibia.nPeople know a death wish when they see one. The disgustingnconduct of our allies may, therefore, be somehownjustified. They have concluded that America neither comprehendsnthe situation, nor is able to cope with it. Theynhave betrayed us by their silence, by their lack of spontaneousncondemnation of the most blatant offense against internationalnorder since Hitler and Stalin. Countries that wensaved from degradation after their defeat at our hands, andnto which we offered, instead, a friendship that made themnwealthy, other countries that we saved from famine andnrevolution—they all have abandoned us in the hour of trial.nThere will be plenty of talk, later, about their so-called quietndiplomacy behind the scenes and their alleged sympathy.nThis is not what is needed. What is needed is a demonstrationnof factual and instrumental solidarity—instant ideologicalnalignment and political commitment which would letnthe other side know where we all stand during an emergency.nThis has not occurred. And the United Nations reluctantlynadmonished the oppressors, two months too late; that is,nit put up a squalid puppet show—once again with our money.nPerhaps it is hard to blame our “allies” for their attitudenwhen they can read in the newspapers that our own politicoideologicalndwarfs are protesting against our government’snmeasures to deal with 50,000 Iranians, many of whomndemonstrated in our streets in support of aggression andnterror perpetrated against us in their country. A German ornFrenchman, reading that a U.S. judge had barred proceedingsnagainst Iranians on the grounds that our government hadn”singled them out for investigation,” must conclude thatnit’s not healthy to be on the side of people who obviouslynwish to perish. According to this judge’s verdict, we are notnpermitted even to distinguish between a good Iranian andna bad one, while their “singling” us out for abuse seemsnperfectly all right. Besides that, the FBI has announced thatnit is unable to locate all the Iranians in the country, and hasnadmitted that it does not know their exact number (50,000nor maybe 85,000.’). We can only imagine the delightedngrin of a cosmopolitan terrorist in Teheran, Paris, or onnscholarship in Gorky, U.S.S.R., when he learns how nicelynhe can be protected by current interpretations of the U.S.nConstitution.nFor the last 30 years, the American liberals, who are inncharge of America’s public opinion and education, have beennbewildering this society by claiming that the grievances ofnGuatemalans, Cubans, Chileans, Nicaraguans, Vietnamese,nAngolans, Rhodesians, etc. are best represented by totalitariansntutored by Lenin, Marcuse, Guevara, and Fanon. Then