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French Resistance. We cannot turn away from them, for the struggle
here is not right versus left; it
is right versus wrong.
Now I am against sending troops to Central America. They are simply
not needed. Given a chance
and the resources the people of the area can fight their own fight.
They have the men and women.
They're capable of doing it. They have the people of their country
behind them. All they need is
our support. All they need is proof that we care as much about the
fight for freedom 700 miles from our shores as the Soviets care about
the fight against freedom 5,000 miles from theirs. And
they need to know that the U.S. supports them with more than just
pretty words and good wishes.
We need your help on this and I mean each of you -- involved active
strong and vocal. And we
need more.
All of you know that we're researching nonnuclear technologies that
may enable us to prevent
nuclear ballistic missiles from reaching U.S. soil or that of our allies. I
happen to believe -- logic
forces me to believe -- that this new defense system, the Strategic
Defense Initiative, is the most
hopeful possibility of our time. Its primary virtue is clear. If anyone
ever attacked us Strategic
Defense would be there to protect us. It could conceivably save
millions of lives.