THE ARROGANCE OF IRAN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00965R000706940074-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 15, 2011
• Sequence Number: 74
• Publication Date: March 2, 1986
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/12/15 :CIA-RDP90-00965800070694007 j8 ~T
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,Jack Anderson
And Dale Yan Alto
The
Arro ante
g
4f Iran
The Reagan adrniniatraciaa'a re-
spa?e to terrorist attaclo against
Americana hsa become as st)+ti?ed as a
minuet. and just about as effetnve.
There is the initial shock, ea~raaiona
of grief and anger, follow~sd by tough
talk from the administration about get-
ting to the root of terrocwaa. Then
nottung.
The Christnsaatirne attacks at the
Rome and Vienna airports, which left
five Amertc`ans-occluding an 11-year-
uld gul-dead, followed this pattern of
unpotence step by dFeary step. In that
instance, the president pouted out his
rhetorical rage on Libya, while cau-
tiously ignorng the equally gtWty lra-
ruans and Syrians. The United States
unposed sanctwns on Libya-but
there was ra realiatioa
[ran. m particular. has gto+vn fearless
to the pant of arrogance m thumbing tcs
nose at Anrrica. Few episodes were
more revealing flan the behind-the-
s