On the eve of the coup in Moscow, the White House released a document entitled the National Security Strategy of the United States. The preface, signed by President Bush, issues a challenge to the nation. 'We must not only protect our citizens and our interests", the President says, "but help create a new world in which our fundamental values not only survive but flourish. We must work with others, but we must also be a leader".

In other words, the national security strategy of the United States requires a strong national defense and protection of our interests at home and abroad, to be sure: but equally it demands American leadership to promote and consolidate our values of liberty and individual dignity throughout the world.

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