A SECOND CHANCE
The Soviet Union was disintegrating, and I was worried about the nukes. Every democracy leader I talked to in all the Soviet Republics declaring their independence didn’t want them. The problem, of course, was Russia. What was needed was an Anti-Nuclear Movement to guarantee that Russia would not keep its nukes, thus remaining a nuclear threat to America and the West.
I argued for the Reverse Golden Rule – Do Unto Others Before They Do It Unto You. “What would the Russians demand if they had won the Cold War and not us?” I asked. “That’s where our demands should start,” I argued, albeit agreeing that Russia would need a nuclear deterrent against China – but that should be in mutual operation with us.
Alas, that was tragically not to be. Now, all these years later with Putin’s catastrophic miscalculation in Ukraine, we have a second chance.
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