Reagan’s No Suicide

At Reykjavik last October President Reagan calmly agreed with Secretary Gorbachev that the goal of a nuclear-free world (Reagan was obviously thinking of one protected by a Space Shield) was indeed a noble vision. Whereupon our NATO allies suddenly began worrying that Mr. Reagan meant to deprive them of the protection of nuclear weapons.

Ever since Reykjavik, America’s liberals have also been wondering how to react. Unwilling to support the Space Shield (because it was Reagan’s idea), they have finally endorsed a nuclear defense of Europe, and even accuse the President of recklessness for contemplating anything else.