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Howard Dean and the Soviet Union

Authored by Michael Pate on December 6th, 2003 at 1:57 PM

For over 40 years, the United States led the West in the struggle against communism and the threat it posed to our most precious values. This struggle shaped the lives of all Americans. It forced all nations to live under the specter of nuclear destruction. That confrontation is now over. The nuclear threat, while far from gone, is receding. Eastern Europe is free. The Soviet Union itself is no more. This is a victory for democracy and freedom. It’s a victory for the moral force of our values. Every American can take pride in this victory, from the millions of men and women who have served our country in uniform, to millions of Americans who supported their country and a strong defense under nine Presidents. - George H. W Bush, December 25th, 1991

Iran is a more complex problem because the problem support as clearly verifiable as it is in North Korea. Also, we have less-fewer levers much the key, I believe, to Iran is pressure through the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union is supplying much of the equipment that Iran, I believe, most likely is using to set itself along the path of developing nuclear weapons. We need to use that leverage with the Soviet Union and it may require us buying the equipment the Soviet Union was ultimately going to sell to Iran to prevent Iran from them developing nuclear weapons. - Howard Dean, December 1st, 2003

Links in this entry:

Address to the Nation on the Commonwealth of Independent States
Hardball with Chris Matthews for Dec. 1

Comments

Couldn't believe this when I first heard it. Thanks for posting it. Inspired me to do a little non-talented photoshopping of the world map: http://cathaleon.livejournal.com

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