Mikhail Gorbachev Quote from 1987"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
Russia's "Friendly Democracy" phase may not have been all that it seemed.
Tiger, with all due respect that is a quote from 21 years ago when the Soviet Union was still alive. I am sure that there were also some pretty nasty and inflammatory quotes we could dig up from our side, too.
The great irony was that back then, the US was sure that "Gorby was our guy"! And I was saying that "Gorby is still a communist".