...the free movement of Middle East oil." In response, he said "Let our position be absolute!; clear : An attempt by any outside force to gain control of...an assault will be repelled by any means necessary, \nc\udmf military force." The policy statement reinforced opinions expressed by influential figures...

...interference. In his State of the Union address the President made this point clearly when he said, •An attempt by any outside force to gain control...and such an assault will be repelled by any means including military force." — The logistics of maintaining this deterrent capability requires cooperation...

...President Carter said that any attempt by an outside force to gain control of the Persian Gulf region would be regarded as an assault on the vital interests of...and such an assault will be repelled by any means, including military force. This afternoon, we will be interested in exploring the role of military forces...

...his speech was, and I quote "An attempt by any outside force to gain control over the Persian Gulf will be regarded as an assault on the vital interests...United States of America and such an assault will be repealed by any means necessary, including military force." I stated that that was, I thought, very...

...force to gain control of tl Persian Gulf region will be regarded as an assault on the vital interes of the United States of America, and such an assault will be repelli by any means necessary, including military force." Senator HART. Who is the "they" that you...

...bluntly warned a Joint Session of the Congress: "Any attempt by an outside force to gain control f the Persian Gulf region will be regarded as an assault...vital interests of the United States of America and . . . it will be repeBecl by any means necessary, including military force." Replacing Foreign Oil...

...doctrine": that "any attempt by any outside force to gain control of the Persian Gulf region will he regarded as an assault on the vital interests of the...United States of America, and such an assault will he repelled by any means necessary, including military force."3 Reports of the demise of containment,...

...implausible. Even before President Carter declared that any attack on the Gulf would be regarded as an attack "on the vital interests of the United States of America,...repelled by any means necessary, including military force,"39 the Soviet Union would have calculated that aggression in the gulf would lead to a superpower...

...said that an attempt by any outside force to gain control of the Persian Gulf region will be viewed as an assault on the vital interests of the United States of America, and such assault will be repelled by any means necessary, including military force. President Reagan has said...

...Doctrine. Jimmy Carter, in his State of the Union address in Janusry 1980, said: "Any attempt by an outside force to gain control of the Persian Gulf...of America. And such an assault will be repelled by the use of any means necessary including military force." The assertion of this Doctrine was followed...