Finally, with regard to the question of whether preservation of "stability" is a sufficient justification for propping up Moscow center's authority, President Bush should call to Mr. Gorbachev's attention the words of one of the latter's greatest friends in the West, former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

The Center believes that, before the American people are obliged to bail out Moscow center, a serious national debate should be held on the political, strategic and economic justification for such new, and seemingly open-ended, taxpayer losses.

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