Political Quotes

“deep under the Ural Mountains, under a mountain called Yamantau, the Russians continue to build and expand the world's largest, deepest, most nuclear-secure facility. Started under Brezhnev, they have now spent $4.5 billion on this super-secret facility. They are doing this, and by the way, they are now increasing, they are ramping up their efforts. They are doing this at a time when they cannot pay their military, when they cannot provide housing for their military. I asked my colleagues and I asked administration officials, why would they do this? What I am told is they do this because they are paranoid. I have had a super top secret code word briefing on what is called silver bullets. These are efforts on the part of the Russians to leapfrog our war-making capabilities. They know they cannot compete with us in conventional weaponry, so they are seeking to leapfrog our technologies so our war-making capabilities will be neutralized. I asked again, why would they do this? What I am told is they do this because they are paranoid. They have so many, so many needs in their country, why would they spend money doing this? If they are doing these things because they are paranoid, then I ask the question, why would we want to feed their paranoia by expanding NATO? They see NATO as a threat. Why would we want to feed their paranoia? NATO may have a role to play. That role should not be in antagonizing the Russians, in feeding their paranoia.”