. Let's go to work and end this fiasco in Central America, a failed policy that has actually increased Cuban and Soviet influence. We want to work with them and build a new relationship, and they with us And we've got to work with them if we are going to create an environment for human rights and democracy for the people of this hemisphere, and go to work on our single most important problem, and that is the avalanche of drugs that is poring into our country and virtually destroying those countries. Those are the kinds of priorities for national security and for foreign policy that I want to pursue - Mr. Bush and I have major differences on these issues - and I hope very much to be president and pursue them. Mr. Bush then states In terms of regional tensions, we have now gotten the attention of the Soviet Union. And the reason we've gotten it is because they see us now as unwilling to make the very kinds of unilateral cuts that have been called for and to go for the discredited freeze. My opponent had trouble, criticized us, on our policy in Angola. It now looks, because of steady negotiation, that we may have an agreement that will remove the Cubans from Angola. We see the Russians coming out of Afghanistan. That wouldn't have stopped if we hadn't been willing - wouldn't have even started, the Soviets coming out, if we hadn't even been willing to support the freedom fighters there. And the policy in Central America, regrettably, has failed because the Congress has been unwilling to support those who have been fighting for freedom. It was possible for both sides to win the election. The Dukakis strategy called for emphasizing that the Governor was on the side of the average citizen, stressing concern about Americas economic future, contrasting the character and leadership potential of the candidates. The Bush strategy was based on building the Vice Presidential character in his own right, increasing negative perceptions of Governor Du...
