Bringing Russia To Her Knees

February, 1971

I'm afraid I have some shocking news to report. It pains me, as a Congressman, to criticize my fellow House members, but someone must let the public know how this august body missed its chance to bring Soviet Russia to her knees, to win the Cold War without sending American boys to fight anywhere—simply by extending a line of credit to the Fiat automobile company for $50,000,000. Because the money would have been paid back with interest, we could have turned a profit, in the best capitalist trad...