The Reagan Administration's Secret Strategy That Hastened the Collapse of the Soviet Union

By Peter Schweizer


" ... USSR also faced unrest in Eastern Europe, especially Poland, and from Muslim minorities in many of the central Asian republics. Casey immediately started taking action to exploit these weaknesses. In April 1981 he took ..."

" .. Saudi Arabia to talk with members of the Royal family about the price of oil. He wanted the Saudis to pump more and thus lower the price. They were concerned about the protection of their air force. They knew from the 1967 Six Day War that a surprise air attack can destroy an air force in munutes, and wanted an airborn radar protection system. The US had what the Saudis wanted in AWACS. For Saudi Arabia, AWACS for more oil production was a win-win situation ..."

" ... get help from the Mossad ratline and sell Saudi Arabia the AWACS? He had to give Israel something ..."

".... provided Mossad with something they wanted very much: detailed satellite photos of the exact location and state of development the nuclear facility under construction in Iraq. Israel was very concerned ..."

"Cut off the source of currency the USSR needed to buy technology by lowering oil prices (which also aided the US economic recovery), and also try to restrict the sale of US technology to the USSR. Meanwhile aid rebel groups within the Soviet block, like Solidarity and Muslims, and shift the Cold War to high technology, where the Soviets could not keep pace without the ability to buy US technology."

"...in Reykjavik Iceland in October 1986, Gorbachev practically begged Reagan to drop the SDI project. He offered to give in to all of the US demands on arms control in exchange for a promise to end "Star Wars". But Reagan refused. And I think that is when Gorbachev knew the "Cold War" was over ." " ... US press described the summit as a "failure". "

".. Reagan saw things differently. To him the point of the meeting was to convince Gorbachev that the USSR was a lost cause..."







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