Senator Ryan raised the question of legality in the international sense. The problem is that international law is a very debatable subject and different views are heard on it. Certainly, many regrettable things were done during the Cold War, some of which have been referred to. On the other hand, America led the side of the world that eventually ended the Stalinist tyrannies of central and eastern Europe. In any part of the world under any system of government, it is appalling that one, two or more generations are made to live under miserable regimes with no freedom and little prosperity.