Probably what pushed the Russians over the edge was SDI... They realized they couldn't beat us...
Tom ClancyIt is a principle of diplomacy that one must know something of the truth in order to lie convincingly.
Tom ClancyJack looked out the window as they passed the Mormon temple, just outside the beltway near Connecticut Avenue. A decidedly odd-looking building, it had grandeur with its marble columns and gilt spires. The beliefs represented by that impressive structure seemed curious to Ryan, a lifelong Catholic, but the people who held them were honest and hardworking, and fiercely loyal to their country, because they believed in what America stood for.
Tom Clancy