Reprisals | IMGpapers 1980

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While the statements became a little more bellicose as time went on, In his Xmas message Reagan remained cautious. Although mouthed Communist clichés, his singular suggestion was that US citizens should display a lighted candle in the window over Amas to exoress their sorrow a the suffering of the Poles. the same Ronald Reagan who had criticised Jimmy Carter's reprisals against the Soviet invasion Afghanistan as being too weak. the same time, two years ago when he was running for President. had suggested a blockade of the proper reply to the Afghanistan events.

It was only on 29 December that Reagan opted something more flamboyant than candle lighting. He announced a series of economic sanctions, aimed principally at the Soviet Union, the most spectacular of which was to ban the export the nlanned Europe gas pipeline.

Despite the wide these measures received, they are extremely limited in scope. For examReagan did not attempt to halt the export of US grain to the Soviet Union, a move Carter did make over Afghanistan.