Ronald Reagan: “When it comes to realignment, there's every reason to be optimistic.”

These unilateral reductions would, however, give a long-awaited encouragement for our efforts to achieve the genuine balance in conventional forces that would assure greater security and stability in Europe.

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

Yes, always has been.

But there's nothing I can say that would make the situation right.