"It is high time the Bush Administration provide credible disincentives and impose serious financial and other sanctions for actions of repression being undertaken by Gorbachev to crush genuinely democratic forces, " said Roger W. Robinson, a Center Board Advisor.
"It is ironic that President Bush is considering accepting a compromise solution that will enable Gorbachev to get away with violating both the spirit and the letter of the CFE Treaty, " said Frank J.
That said, the United States is confident that by working with its allies to use their leverage as Gorbachev spokesmen are suggesting -- albeit for a quite different purpose -- much can be accomplished.