To his LASTING credit, President REAGAN never wavered. He recognized the strategic importance of staying the course, both in terms of denying Moscow the MILITARY hegemony it sought in Western Europe and of restoring the will, cohesiveness, and SECURITY of the NATO ALLIANCE, so badly frayed during the turbulent 1970s.
Read MoreI believe America's CHIEF strategic VULNERABILITY is our DEPENDENCE on IMPORTED petroleum.
Read MoreA total nuclear freeze is counterproductive - especially now, when TECHNOLOGY is rapidly CHANGING and the Soviets have some important strategic advantages.
Read MoreIn early 1961 a NEW president, John F. Kennedy, was told by military leaders and civilian officials that the Kingdom of Laos - of no conceivable strategic importance to the U.S. - required the presence of AMERICAN troops and perhaps even tactical NUCLEAR weapons. Why? Because if Laos fell, Asia WOULD go red from THAILAND to Indonesia.
Read MoreWe have an OPPORTUNITY to BECOME a global leader in the CLEAN energy INDUSTRY, but we have to be smart and strategic about it.
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