Are there still any lingering doubts about the wisdom of President Reagan’s decision to snub Willy Brandt on his German trip in May? If so, let me try to dispel them.
The chairman of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD) and of the Socialist International, ex-burgomaster of Berlin, ex-chancellor, hero to millions on the non-Communist Left, titular author of the Brandt Report, etc., has been working indefatigably to weaken Western (and in particular American) defenses. That he doesn’t like Pershing or cruise missiles or the Strategic Defense Initiative is not exactly news, but there is little public awareness of the scale and persistence of his efforts.
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