In the Spring of 1987, if senior aides had done the right thing, and either Nancy or longtime aide and friend Ed Meese had privately said to Ron, ‘it’s time’
It would have been the responsible decision, but we would have gotten unlucky. For I don’t think President Bush would have had the conservative bona fides to allow as graceful a phase-down of the cold war.
It would have been the responsible decision, but we would have gotten unlucky. For I don’t think President Bush would have had the conservative bona fides to allow as graceful a phase-down of the cold war.