On (In)security in the Middle East
“So numerous would be the ramifications of mounting Arab ill will, of opening the door to Soviet political or military penetration, and of generally chaotic conditions in Palestine and neighboring countries that the whole structure of peace and security in the Near East and Mediterranean would be directly or indirectly affected with results… injurious to US interests.”
This society bears the seeds of its own horrors- unbreathable air, undrinkable water, starvation- and until people realize that we have to get to a much simpler way of life, a much smaller population, a society in which the agrarian component is far greater in relation to the urban component- until these appreciations become widespread and effective- I can see no answer to the troubles of our time.”