Neither Nature, Experience, Nor Probability Informs These

The Speed With Which Armies Collapse, Bureaucracies Abdicate, And Social Structures Dissolve Once The Autocrat Is Removed Frequently Surprises American Policy Makers.

And I Think Detente Had Manifestly Failed, And That The Pursuit Of It Was Encouraging Soviet Expansion And Rendering The World More Dangerous, And Especially Rendering The Western World In Greater Peril.

Maturity Is When We Live By The Truths That Are In Our Heart And Soul, Truths We Believe To Be Right For Us.

All Of Us Confront Limits Of Body, Talent, Temperament. But That Is Not All. We Are, All Of Us, Also Constrained By Our Time, Our Place, Our Civilization.

I Believe That Detente Was Having Almost The Opposite Effect Of What Was Intended. What Was Intended Was To Sort Of End The Contest For Power And To Stop Soviet Expansion, Especially By Military Means And The Military Build-up, The Military Contest