FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OCTOBER 12, 1992 Who's the Real Risk? [Statement of Bob Boorstin, Deputy Communications Director] Today in Pennsylvania, George Bush said we can't risk four years of Bill Clinton's judgment in foreign policy. But we know about George Bush's judgment already. And we've had enough. What America needs is not a President with a long resume, but a President with vision, strength, and good judgment. And from the "butchers of Beijing" to the "butcher of Baghdad," George Bush has shown horrible judgment. George Bush judged that we should give Most Favored Nation Status to Chinese communists who deny their people's basic rights, and doubled our trade deficit with China to $15 billion. Bush judged that he should sit idly by while the crisis in Bosnia raged. And Bush judged that the United States should attempt to appease Saddam Hussein until days before the Kuwait invasion. The Administration knew that Saddam was diverting loans to build up his weapons of mass destruction, yet kept the aid flowing. And now we learn his administration tried to cover up its blunders in the BNL scandal involving loans to Iraq, and perhaps even obstructed justice. George Bush likes to pretend he was "out of the loop" or out of the room when the arms for hostages deal with Iran was made. In fact, George Bush sat through three dozen meetings on the subject and was on of five people in the room when President Reagan signed the order authorizing the ill-fated deal. In 1980, George Bush attacked former Governor Reagan for his lack of foreign policy experience. Soon after, Bush enthusiastically supported Reagan. Foreign policy experience wasn't so important to Bush then -- at the height of the Cold War. Now, because of his own failures at home, Bush is back on the irrelevant attack. Bill Clinton has already become a positive force in foreign policy, pushing the Administration to show leadership -- and take a strong stand -- on the toughest national security issues, such as Bosnia and aid to democracy in Russia. And the presidents who led this country through the two World Wars -- Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Roosevelt -- lacked military experience. But they were the right people for the times. Today America needs a leader who understands that strength abroad begins at home. After four years of the worst economic record in fifty, it is clear that George Bush is not that leader. Bill Clinton is. -30-