I think if someone else other than Reagan, someone less of a hardliner, had been in power then the breakthrough in ending the Cold War would not have happened.

I believe that with the help of foreign countries - and under that condition only, because they have no other source of financing - the new government may temporarily extricate Georgia from the current situation.

In my life I have always found ways of dealing with a situation.

But the Americans have no extra money. They have their own problems. They can provide financial assistance for two, three, four, or six months at most.

But on second thought, after I decreed the state of emergency, I came to the conclusion that that was impossible to achieve without bloodshed because the street protesters were full of anger and nearly out of control. This is why I thought we needed to find another way out.

You know, to address crowds and make promises does not require very much brains.

We also have a real opportunity to join NATO.