Ronald Reagan: “More than 60 million Americans are of German ancestry, and that heritage is a great influence on our national character.”

That is, again, one of those things I should have said to your question.

I think he recognizes that their massive buildup has been responsible for the great economic crisis that he faces there in the Soviet Union.

Well, that wasn't a proposal. That was a decision that has been made.

Let us remember that the Soviet preponderance in military power in Europe remains, an asymmetry that offends our Jeffersonian senses.