Mikhail Gorbachev Quote from 1987

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[Blogger]

"Gentlemen, comrades, do not be concerned about all you hear about Glasnost and Perestroika and democracy in the coming years. They are primarily for outward consumption. There will be no significant internal changes in the Soviet Union, other than for cosmetic purposes. Our purpose is to disarm the Americans and let them fall asleep. We want to accomplish three things:

One, we want the Americans to withdraw conventional forces from Europe. Two, we want them to withdraw nuclear forces from Europe. Three, we want the Americans to stop proceeding with Strategic Defense Initiative."

Quote by: Mikhail Gorbachev (1931- ) General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, the last head of state of the USSR (1985-1991) Date: November 1987 Source: speech to the Soviet Politburo, November 1987

[ETL]

This is the quote we need to be worried about: (it follows the photos)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2063327/posts?page=3#3

And it's definitely a real one:
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=the+greatest+geopolitical+catastrophe&ei=UTF-8&fr=moz2

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ping

[Quix]

Thanks.

sobering.

[ETL]

You are aware that CPUSA and the Revolutionary Communist Party USA are two different organizations? It’s not entirely clear from your post. CPUSA is the Communist Party USA, a legal political party in the U.S., while the RCP is not an actual political party, at least not a legal one. The RCP is Maoist.

[wideminded]

the only place I find it is whackjob conspiracy theory websites.

Generally speaking that's also what I found, but I did also find a case in which a member of the British House of Commons used the same quote in a speech. He ascribed the source to Sir William Stephenson. As I said earlier, this does not seem to make much sense.

[Calpernia]

I’m familiar with both organizations. Thanks.

[Thunder90]

Russia/Soviet/Coldwar2 PING!!!

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[dfwgator]

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[nw_arizona_granny]

Thank you for the Ping.

[TigersEye]

BTW, I did a google on it, and the only place I find it is whackjob conspiracy theory websites.

When I Googled Mikhail Gorbachev Our purpose is to disarm the Americans and let them fall asleep. at least half of the sites are Christian sites.

But the quote can be found at PatriotPost.us which is a pretty respectable conservative news site.