Posted on 06/14/2004 5:26:14 PM PDT by ambrose
Reagan Says That Peace Depends On Support for U.S. Arms Buildup:Reagan Links Peace to U.S. Arms
By LESLIE H. GELB
Special to The New York Times
Apr 17, 1982
WASHINGTON, April 17 -- President Reagan said today that "nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought" but that peace depended on public support for a continuing American military buildup.
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Reagan's strategy all along was to build up our defenses and bring the Soviet Union to its knees - at which point they'd have little choice but to come to terms.
This is exactly what happened.
Meanwhile, leftist quislings at home tried to undermine Reagan and even conspire with the Soviet Union by calling for unilateral freezes, which would have locked in the Soviet Union's strategic advantages over the United States. The Soviet Union would have had no incentive to change, and the world would have been a far more dangerous place.
I assume most of you already know this, but I also realize that some of you are too young to remember what went on during the Reagan era. Bottom line: Don't believe the leftist revisionist lies! Reagan did not 'change' when he began meeting with Gorby. It was all a part of his grand strategy for peace and for winning the Cold War.
The leftist traitors know that history has proven them wrong, so their only hope is to engage in revisionism. Don't let them!
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/nytimes/119475644.html?did=119475644&FMT=ABS&FMTS=AI&date=Apr+21%2C+1982&author=By+HOWELL+RAINESSpecial+to+The+New+York+Times&desc=REAGAN+AGAIN+ASKS+TO+MEET+BREZHNEV
REAGAN AGAIN ASKS TO MEET BREZHNEV:But He Says Mid-June Session at U.N. Would Not Preclude a Summit Conference
By HOWELL RAINESSpecial to The New York Times. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Apr 21, 1982. pg. A7, 1 pgs
Article types: article
Dateline: WASHINGTON, April 19
ISSN/ISBN: 03624331
Text Word Count 751
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WASHINGTON, April 19 -- President Reagan today renewed his invitation to Leonid I. Brezhnev to meet with him in June at the United Nations. Mr. Reagan said that such a meeting would not preclude a summit conference at a later date, as proposed Saturday by the Soviet leader.
The USA simply did not have a big enought military to do all that it it trying to do. How can we fight terrorism all over the world with just a few? It just can not be done.
Peace through strength is the way Reagan described it on many occasions. The stupid left just couldn't seem to understand that simple but salient point.
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/nytimes/118597251.html?did=118597251&FMT=ABS&FMTS=AI&date=May+12%2C+1982&author=By+JUDITH+MILLERSpecial+to+The+New+York+Times&desc=Doctors+Assail+Reagan+Arms+Reduction+Plan
Doctors Assail Reagan Arms Reduction Plan
By JUDITH MILLERSpecial to The New York Times. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: May 12, 1982. pg. A21, 1 pgs
Article types: article
Dateline: WASHINGTON, May 11
ISSN/ISBN: 03624331
Text Word Count 544
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WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Several prominent doctors and scientists today criticized President Reagan's new proposal to reduce Soviet and American strategic forces and called instead for a freeze in the superpowers' nuclear arsenals.
Shades of the "26 former diplomats" story?
Are you saying my recollection is incorrect?
So sorry. I misread your post which affirmed my affirmation of your affirmation.
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