With this uncertainty, it becomes important that we never be in a position where we are blackmailed. One visible type of blackmail is when a nation or rogue leader threatens America and our friends with a ballistic missile and nuke. One way to create more certainty in an uncertain world is to have an anti-ballistic missile system, one of both intermediate and long range. We must make it clear to China that the proliferation of certain weapons we can't and won't tolerate that. But recognize the most promising developments in China are because of the growth of an entrepreneurial class inside China.
Free markets produce freedom.
My hopes are or were that President Clinton could have dealt with Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic prior to commitment of troops. We must keep NATO strong and credible. A healthy NATO creates stability in Europe. Any time the president commits American lives to battle, that's a duty that carries such heavy weight. That is why a commander in chief must be slow to engage but when engaged, do so with victory as the only goal.