The Cold War was won by presidents who practised peace through strength, particularly Truman, Eisenhower, Nixon and Reagan: Berlin, Korea, the Marshall Plan, NATO, Atoms for Peace, Open Skies, Detente, SDI. If the United States is not prepared to be strong, it is correct to pull back. But when it withdraws, it should shed the illusion that it is in any position to coerce the Russians, or even the Egyptians, into anything, and will only embarrass itself when it tries.
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