Political Quotes

“This bill envisions the possibility that NATO will be expanded in the future. The North American Treaty Organization, which has been the bedrock of democracy in Europe since World War II, has been a major factor in American foreign policy. Many countries which were not members of NATO after World War II were under Communist domination and were thereby precluded from participation. Now that we have seen the elimination of the Soviet Union per se and the emergence of new countries in the region, many of them new democracies, we are envisioning the possibility that NATO in the future will embrace these same democracies. The bill is express in its terms and suggests that we should consider enlarging NATO to include Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia. I have absolutely no objection to that, and feel they are appropriate candidates to be considered for NATO. Unfortunately, the bill does not list many other nations which were formerly under Communist domination, and I think immediately, but not exclusively, about the Baltic States, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Ukraine.”