When it comes to General Curtis Emerson LeMay, the able, black-browed boss of the Air Force's Strategic Air Command, official Washington and official Moscow have one thing in common: they both regard him with considerable respect.
Moscow knows that Curt LeMay can drop SAC's bombs on target and on schedule; Washington knows that he can drop his hard, soldierly opinions the same way.
Last week as LeMay testified under oath before a Senate Armed Services Sub committee, chaired by Missouri's airwise Democrat Stuart Symington, the capitol rushed to man its security defenses. Symington's committee submitted all of its questions to LeMay...
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