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Interview with Dr. Paul Kengor, author, "The Crusader: Ronald Reagan.."
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| October 29, 2006
| Warren Throckmorton, PhD
Posted on 12/29/2007 6:05:28 PM PST by gusopol3
From Kengor,p.205
During his first three years in office and particularly since the spring of 1983, Ronald Reagan had pushed a plan to deploy intermediate-range nuclear forces (INFs), also known as Pershing II's , in Western Europe. His goal was to prompt the Soviets to remove their medium-range nuclear missiles from Eastern Europe. He told Yuri Andropov that if the Kremlin removed its missiles, there would be no need for the United States to deploy INFs. Reagan called this the zero-zero option: he wanted both sides to slash INFs to zero levels. If Andropov would not agree to do this, Reagan would ask NATO to deploy INFs.
Opposition to this policy was ferocious, with the Soviet propaganda machine dubbing Reagan a nuclear warmonger and labeling him a belligerent who wanted to plant missiles on the soil of Western nations that had never hosted such weapons. In addition, the Western nuclear freeze movement gave the Kremlin a vocal ally extending from London to Bonn to New York. The nuclear freezers led mass protests and assailed Reagan in the harshest terms. The International left was convinced Ronald Reagan was dragging the world to nuclear Armageddon. Freezers like Dr. Helen Caldicott of Physicians for Social Responsibility and certain Catholic bishops feared Reagan might blow up the world.
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KEYWORDS: coldwar; crusader; freeze; kengor; missiles; nuclear; paulkengor; pershing; reagan; ronpaul; ussr
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"We insist that Western Europe take our Pershing missiles. We get the bill, and the hostility of the people of Western Europe, and then act surprised that the Soviets pull out of arms negotiations and send more modern nuclear submarines to our coastline." Ron Paul, Congressional Record, 9/19/84
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posted on
12/29/2007 6:05:31 PM PST
by
gusopol3
To: Allegra; traviskicks; Revelation 911; pissant; Calpernia; Petronski; SJackson
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posted on
12/29/2007 6:07:41 PM PST
by
Ultra Sonic 007
(Look at all the candidates. Choose who you think is best. Choose wisely in 2008.)
To: gusopol3
And there are people on this forum who think this man should be the commander in chief?
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posted on
12/29/2007 6:07:48 PM PST
by
doug from upland
(Stopping Hillary should be a FreeRepublic Manhattan Project)
To: gusopol3
"We insist that Western Europe take our Pershing missiles. We get the bill, and the hostility of the people of Western Europe, and then act surprised that the Soviets pull out of arms negotiations and send more modern nuclear submarines to our coastline." Ron Paul, Congressional Record, 9/19/84 Well, that sure puts a hole in the "Reagan would support Paul" theory.
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posted on
12/29/2007 6:07:58 PM PST
by
wagglebee
("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
To: doug from upland
And there are people on this forum who think this man should be the commander in chief? And they are actually surprised that the rest of us don't.
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posted on
12/29/2007 6:10:38 PM PST
by
wagglebee
("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
To: gusopol3
Wow, so let me get this straight. This fruitcake opposed the corner-stone of the Reagan foreign policy, and now says Reagan would have supported him? Why, I think Obama should claim the same!!
Ron Paul - what a nut.
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posted on
12/29/2007 6:10:41 PM PST
by
nwrep
To: gusopol3
I have always been with the “mess with the US and we can and will, if necessary, kill you” school. I do believe this works and I don’t much care if it makes some people angry.
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posted on
12/29/2007 6:11:30 PM PST
by
Bahbah
To: gusopol3
![](http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/photographs/large/c4237-6.jpg)
President Ronald Reagan:
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.
We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream.
It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same,
or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children
and our children's children what it was once like in the United States
where men were free."
![](http://www.foxnews.com/images/284059/7_61_051707_kennedy_republicans.jpg)
![](http://www.vdare.com/images/052107_martinezgrahamkennedy.jpg)
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posted on
12/29/2007 6:13:39 PM PST
by
Diogenesis
(Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
To: wagglebee; doug from upland
Didn't you know that disagreeing with Ron Paul and his paultards is unconstitutional, un-american and unpatriotic?
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12/29/2007 6:13:44 PM PST
by
darkwing104
(Lets get dangerous)
To: gusopol3
Ron Paul,I'll wager,knew that the huge demonstrations in Europe were organized and funded by an organization called the CND which,after the Berlin Wall fell,was revealed to be a wholly owned subsidiary of the East German government....but didn't care.
The more I hear about Ron Paul the more I despise him.
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posted on
12/29/2007 6:13:53 PM PST
by
Gay State Conservative
(Wanna see how bad it can get? Elect Hillary and find out.)
To: darkwing104
Yeah, well they can complain to their comrades over at Stormfront.
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posted on
12/29/2007 6:15:14 PM PST
by
wagglebee
("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
To: doug from upland
Ron Paul thinks the Cold War was a mistake. It’s no different from his position on the War on Terror.
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posted on
12/29/2007 6:19:06 PM PST
by
RedRover
(DefendOurMarines.com)
To: Bahbah
the cleverness of Reagan was to face them down without having to fire a shot. The domestic opposition was of no help then, as it hasn’t been in Iraq either.
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posted on
12/29/2007 6:20:27 PM PST
by
gusopol3
To: gusopol3
And now Ron Paul is one of George Soros favorite people. What kind of pattern am I seeing here?
Ron Paul has some explaining to do, and I dont want to hear any more of this Ron Paul is a patriotic American BS.
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posted on
12/29/2007 6:22:57 PM PST
by
reasonisfaith
(Donating to Fred Thompson is the antidote to media bias.)
To: doug from upland
Didn’t you just love what he said after the Pakistani assassination?
If you did not hear it: both political parties made strong statements of condemnation and out rage, RP said “well we better not start nation building in Pakistan”.
Really does the guy have no grasp of reality? The statement did not make sense in regards to the question.
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posted on
12/29/2007 6:25:39 PM PST
by
svcw
(ncmi.net)
To: darkwing104
how soon before the Paulistinians start strapping bombs to themselves??
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posted on
12/29/2007 6:29:43 PM PST
by
God luvs America
(When the silent majority speaks the earth trembles!)
To: God luvs America; darkwing104
how soon before the Paulistinians start strapping bombs to themselves?? It depends on when the weed runs out.
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posted on
12/29/2007 6:33:40 PM PST
by
wagglebee
("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
To: gusopol3
"Paul was also one of only four Republican Congressmen to endorse Ronald Reagan for president against Gerald Ford in 1976,[33] when Paul led the Texas Reagan delegation at the national Republican convention.[36]"
Ron Paul led the Texas Delegation to nominate Ronald Reagan for president; Shown here left to right: Paul, Jack Fields, and Ronald Reagan aboard Air Force One
(> Wikipedia)
(***this has NOT been a recommendation to vote for Ron Paul, just an attempt to clarify facts***)
To: gusopol3
When you copy text from another freeper (which he transcribed from a printed record), you should acknowledge where you got it. Second, you should get the date right. Paul did not stand against Reagan in 1984 as you claim, but in 1989 as part of a retrospective. The whole thing is worth reading not just your cherry-picked phrase.
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posted on
12/29/2007 6:39:21 PM PST
by
palmer
To: palmer
Okay, call me confused. Was the quote from Paul in the Congressional Record not 1984?
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posted on
12/29/2007 6:44:37 PM PST
by
doug from upland
(Stopping Hillary should be a FreeRepublic Manhattan Project)
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