From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #12438 Reply-To: ammf@fruvous.com Sender: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest Wednesday, October 18 2023 Volume 14 : Number 12438 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Help Your Child Unleash Their Inner Artist with the Kids Keilini Camera - The Perfect Starter Camera for Kids! ["Hi Tech Toys - Ignite Your Child's Imagination!" Subject: Help Your Child Unleash Their Inner Artist with the Kids Keilini Camera - The Perfect Starter Camera for Kids! Help Your Child Unleash Their Inner Artist with the Kids Keilini Camera - The Perfect Starter Camera for Kids! http://heartattackdefender.live/iXfZrxDiOiOubhlzefseYmPePEqXWXFJprdhmyLSsTLwYlbT5Q http://heartattackdefender.live/a5Io2Vt17basE4yyexKMC56D8jv15VsiTbYKSXWFDGBuRZIjzg Another contributing factor in the decline in the popularity of dC)tente as a desirable U.S. policy was the interservice rivalry between the US State Department and Department of Defense. From 1973 to 1977, there were three secretaries worth mentioning: Elliot Richardson, James Schlesinger, and Donald Rumsfeld. Schlesinger's tenure as Secretary of Defense was plagued by notably poor relations with Kissinger, one of the most prominent advocates of dC)tente in the U.S. Their poor working relationship bled into their professional relationship, and policy clashes would increasingly occur. They ultimately resulted in Schlesinger's dismissal in 1975. However, his replacement, Rumsfeld, had similar issues with Kissinger although their disagreements stemmed more from domestic resistance to dC)tente. As a result, clashes on policy continued between the State and the Defense Departments. Rumsfeld thought that Kissinger was too complacent about the growing Soviet strength. Although Rumsfeld largely agreed with Kissinger's stance that the United States held military superiority over the Soviet Union, he argued that Kissinger's public optimism would prevent Congress from allowing the Defense Department the funds that Rumsfeld believed were required to maintain the favorable gap between the US and the Soviets. Rumsfeld responded by regularly presenting a more alarmist view of the superior strength of the Soviets.[citation needed] U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev in 1985 In response to the stranglehold of influence by Kissinger in the Nixon and Ford administrations and the later decline in influence over foreign policy by the Department of Defense, Richardson, Schlesinger, and Rumsfeld all used the growing antipathy in the U.S. for the Soviet Union to undermine Kissinger's attempts to achieve a comprehensive arms reduction treaty. That helped to portray the entire notion of dC)tente as an untenable po ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #12438 ***********************************************