Poppy Bush set the table in 1981 for what was to come -- via 'National Security'

[Octafish]

14. Gorby wanted to get rid of Star Wars and avoid Nuclear War.

So did Pruneface Reagan. The guy who had expressed nuclear war was winnable is Poppy Bush.

Gorbachev explains his top priorities and specific proposals to the group charged with preparing for Reykjavik. He calls for preparing a position with a "breakthrough potential," which would take into account U.S. interests and put strategic weapons, not issues of nuclear testing, at the forefront. Gorbachev's ultimate goal for Reykjavik-he reiterates it several times during the meeting-is total liquidation of nuclear weapons based on the Soviet 15 January 1986 Program of Liquidation of Nuclear Weapons by the Year 2000. Whereas Gorbachev sees the value in making concessions in hopes of achieving a breakthrough, his Politburo colleagues (including Chebrikov) warn him against using this word in the negotiations. In the evening Gorbachev gives additional instructions to Chernyaev on human rights and on the matter of Gorbachev's wife, Raisa Maksimovna, accompanying him to Iceland.

http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB203/

Strange how fast between the time Hasenfus' plane got shot down (unlike Ike's U-2 in 1960--BEFORE the summit) after all this peace stuff started to get derailed. And who knew it was an impeachable offense to trade arms for hostages and use the profits to fund an illegal war in Central America? Not Poppy -- he said he was out of the loop long enough to pardon a bad chunk of the treasonous crowd.

And nuclear disarmament? While we're getting ready for the latest round of trillion-dollar updating, few ask: "How's Flint doin'?"