-Caveat Lector- > From: NewsMax.com > > KGB Helped Mondale in 1984 Presidential Race > > > Breaking from NewsMax.com > > Walter Mondale was the KGB's favorite presidential candidate when he > ran > against Ronald Reagan in 1984, long-secret Soviet files reveal. > > Mondale, now the Democrats' retread candidate for the U.S. Senate to > replace > the late Paul Wellstone, got a lot of help from the Soviet KGB when > he ran > against Reagan, who the KGB's Kremlin bosses feared and were > determined to > beat, says Peter Schweizer. > > Schweizer is the author of the new best-selling book "Reagan's War: > The Epic > Story of His Forty-Year Struggle and Final Triumph Over Communism." > Find out about NewsMax's FREE offer for this book, Click Here: > http://www.newsmaxstore.com/a/reaganswar > > <a href="http://www.newsmaxstore.com/a/reaganswar";>AOL users click > here</a> > > > Schweizer reveals that the KGB ran a disinformation campaign in its > covert > efforts to influence the media and secure the election for the > liberal > Mondale. > > KGB residencies outside the United States were ordered to do whatever > they > could to discredit Reagan. > > "According to KGB documents from the Mitrokhin Archive, the largest > collection of KGB documents available in the West, and KGB defector > Oleg > Gordievsky, the KGB decided on February 25, 1983, to do what it could > to > defeat Reagan," Schweizer told NewsMax.com. > > KGB officers listed five active measures to be used to discredit > Reagan and > benefit Mondale: Attack Reagan's alleged "militarist adventurism, his > personal responsibility for the arms race, his support for repressive > regimes around the world, his efforts to destroy the so-called > 'national > liberation movements,'" and his hard line over missiles in Europe. > > All of these allegations were standard issues for the liberal media > and > appeasement-minded left-wing Democrats during the Reagan years, and > fit > right in with Mondale's criticisms of the president. > > In a TV commercial, for example, Mondale fell right in line with the > KGB's > charge that Reagan was responsible for the arms race. > > Said Mondale, "Our hopes for tomorrow depend on halting the arms > race, but > the race goes on." > > In a radio address on Oct. 20, 1984, President Reagan attacked > Mondale for > his views on the Soviet Union. > > Said Reagan: "What troubles me most is how little he seems to have > learned > about the dangers of weakness and naïve thinking. I don't question > his > patriotism; I do question his judgment. In 1968 he said that the days > of > Soviet suppression by force were over. Then the Soviets invaded > Czechoslovakia. > > "But he didn't learn. He voted against American military strength > during the > 1970s, even as the Soviets were embarking upon the most massive > military > buildup in history. > > "After the Soviets invaded Afghanistan in 1979, Mr. Mondale still > hadn't > learned. He said: 'I cannot understand. It just baffles me why the > Soviets > these last few years have behaved as they have. And why do they have > to > build up all those arms?' > > "Well, today he still advocates unilateral cuts in important weapons > systems, still argues for a freeze, which his own running mate admits > is not > fully verifiable and Mr. Carter's former national security adviser > describes > as a hoax. > > "Senator Glenn, a Democrat, has warned that 'Walter Mondale's defense > policies would emasculate America.' Senator Hollings, a Democrat, > said, > 'Walter Mondale thinks the Soviet Union would never violate an arms > agreement. I think he's naïve.'" > > On domestic policy, Schweizer reported, the KGB tried to spread the > word > that Reagan was a racist, his administration was corrupt and he was a > flunky > of the military-industrial complex. > > "Many of these criticisms mirrored those that Mondale made in his > campaign," > the author told NewsMax.com. > > For example, Mondale claimed that Reagan had "ceded the moral high > ground to > the Soviets" because of his hard-line foreign policy positions - the > very > policies that finally brought the evil empire crashing down. > > The Soviet Union is out of business, no thanks to Mr. Mondale. > > Now Mondale is the great hope of the Democrats in Minnesota. Why? He > was so > terribly wrong before, why should he be rewarded with a seat in the > U.S. > Senate? > > > Editor's Note: Find out how you can get the best-selling book > "Reagan's War: > The Epic Story of His Forty-Year Struggle and Final Triumph Over > Communism" > FREE - Click Here: http://www.newsmaxstore.com/a/reaganswar
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