On July 3 Lyndon LaRouche emphasised the importance of the successful
U.S.-Russia meetings in Kennebunkport, Maine, which involved former President
George H.W. Bush along with President George W. Bush and Russian President
Vladimir Putin. There was a lot of institutional input into briefings to Bush,
Sr., which were reflected in the Russians' appreciation of his knowledge of
their national economic situation, among other things.
In addition, there was an unexpected positive outcome on the question of
missile defence, due to President Bush's willingness to listen to Putin's
proposals, reported Washington sources following the summit. These sources
report that the Putin proposal on missile defence entails a European-wide shield
under joint NATO-Russian control. If the proposal is accepted it will result in
future collaboration into the next decade.
LaRouche also praised
the speech by former President Bill Clinton in Yalta, Ukraine, where Clinton
revived the call for East-West cooperation in missile defense, specifically
citing the 1983 Strategic Defense Initiative of former President Ronald Reagan—a
policy that the world knows, came from LaRouche.
These two events—the positive outcome of Kennebunkport, and the Clinton
speech—are strategically crucial and reflect the cumulative role of LaRouche,
over decades, to forge a "community of nations" strategic outlook as U.S.
policy.
"This is what I set into motion on June 21st," said LaRouche, referring to
his June 21, 2007 international webcast from Washington, D.C., on "the
world's biggest loose end."