Yuri Andropov Quotes
Malicious attacks on the Soviet Union produce a natural feeling of indignation.
Andropov, Yuri V. Statement by Yuri V. Andropov, General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee, President of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet, September 28, 1983. Novosti Press Agency Publishing House, 1983.
With Tehran in the throes of revolution, Under Secretary of State David D. Newsom called from the White House Situation Room with a question for Sullivan: "The National Security Advisor has asked for your view of the possibility of a coup d'état by the Iranian military to take over from the Bakhtiar government, which is clearly faltering."Tell Brzezinski to fuck off.Tell Brzezinski to fuck off.Tell Brzezinski to fuck off. Zbigniew Brzezinski was the President's National Security Advisor whom Sullivan did not like. This quotation is famous, not only because it shows have unhelpful and disrespectful a public official could be in the midst of a national crisis, but it supports the view of some critics of President Jimmy Carter who was not strong enough or respected enough for is various appointed to refrain from this kind of response. Zbigniew Brzezinski had concluded that since the radical, exiled, Islamic fundamentalist, the Ayatollah Khomeini returned to Tehran, the prospect of having a moderate government was nil and wanted to explore the possibility of supporting the Iranian Military in taking over the country. Sullivan, who had little experience with that part of the world and Islamic fundamentalism, wanted to try and negotiate with the revolutionary government and persuade them to adopt a moderate new regime. See Quote 583670.
Sherman, one of the most gifted generals of the Civil War. He hated the cruelty of war and the Civil War in particular as he had specifically warned his Southern friends ahead of time about what war would bring. See {585882}. Sherman was one of the first American military men to look at war without any of the romantic, patriotic, noble attributes that most others did.
He was criticizing the George W. Bush administration for attacking Iraq, a country which had not attacked the United States or Americans abroad while America did not attack those terrorists and countries which had killed Americans. For example, Hezbollah which blew up the Marine Barracks in Lebanon and the naval ship Cole.
Baruch was the first politician to use of the phrase "cold war." It had actually been originated by a friend and speechwriter, Herbert Bayard Swope, who had proposed using the phrase earlier. Baruch thought that too early and waited.
At the time the President denied that he had decided to invade Iraq. Skelton saw the “handwriting on the world.”
The Secretary General was informed of the North Korean attack on South Korea:
Compare this to Bernard Baruch's quotation about a cold war the year before.
Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov was the sixth paramount leader of the Soviet Union and the fourth General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Following the 18-year rule of Leonid Brezhnev, Andropov served in the post from November 1982 until his death in February 1984.
