Word: gorbachevized
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...proximate cause for these changes has been the courage and foresight of Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev. The Soviet leader realized that his country could not survive spending billions on military weapons and leaving little for the basic needs of its people. He also saw that freedom of expression and political participation were critical to the stability and happiness of a nation...
...have forgotten these truths. A perverse democratic process in this country has concentrated power in the hands of corporate interests, limited national debate and alienated the majority of voters. For the United States to remain a "winner" for the indefinite future, President Bush and Congressional leaders must follow Gorbachev's lead by renouncing the arms race and rededicating the country to government by the people...
...GORBACHEV told the United Nations, "Freedom of choice is a universal principle...Each people determines the future of its own country and chooses its own form of society...
Before America becomes two countries--one developed, the other impoverished--political leaders need to follow Gorbachev's lead and renounce the arms race. President Bush should propose a defense budget with deep reductions not just a budget that only shows reduction after inflation is taken into account...
...example, the editorial praises the "courage and foresight of Mikhail Gorbachev" and says Gorbachev changed mostly because he realized that spending too much on the military reduced his country's ability to provide basic needs. While this may be true, it leaves aside the other reasons cited--freedom and democracy. Are the liberals putting aside the causes of freedom, human rights and democracy in favor of dollar signs...