Existing comment:
"I don't know what else I could have done."
-- Mikhail Gorbachev
"I do. You could have said yes."
-- Ronald Reagan, at the Reykjavik Summit
Reykjavik Summit:
The Reykjavik Summit ended with no new agreements, but it was a crucial step toward peace. Both leaders explored the possibility of eliminating nuclear weapons, and Mikhail Gorbachev found he could not dissuade Ronald Reagan from his belief in the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI).
After dramatic progress, Gorbachev conditioned any agreement on ending SDI. Since SDI was purely a defensive weapon, Reagan urged him to reconsider and offered to share the technology. Gorbachev refused, and the president left the summit furious. |