Old Myths and New Realities (II)

-50- all without benefit of factual analysis, much less a security treaty ratified by the Senate. It is the same old game of waving a red flag in front of the anti-communist bull, and many Americans are still falling for it. Fortunately, Secretary Rogers and other individuals in our government have made a cooler assessment of Soviet intentions in the Middle East. They have recognized that, although the Soviet Union has made harsh verbal attacks on Israel, it has been consistent in its advocacy of a political settlement based on the Security Council Resolution of November 1967. It also seems evident that the introduction of Soviet pilots and of SAM-2 and SAM-3 missiles into Egypt was something less than a bid for Soviet domination of the Middle East. The Israelis, it may be recalled, had been flying "deep penetration" raids over Egypt and had eve