Excerpt from Ronald Reagan’s Speech on Supporting the Contras, 1984
Central America is a region of great importance to the United States. And it is so close: San Salvador is closer to Houston, Texas, than Houston is to Washington, DC. Central America is America. It's at our doorstep, and it's become the stage for a bold attempt by the Soviet Union, Cuba, and Nicaragua to install communism by force throughout the hemisphere. . . .
Right now in El Salvador, Cuban-supported aggression has forced more than 400,000 men, women, and children to flee their homes. And in all of Central America, more than 800,000 have fled—many, if not most, living in unbelievable hardship. Concerns about the prospect of hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing Communist oppression to seek entry into our country are well-founded.
What we see in El Salvador is an attempt to destabilize the entire region and eventually move chaos and anarchy toward the American border. . . .
Use the excerpt from Reagan's speech on support for the Contras to answer the question.
The excerpt BEST exemplifies which of the following aspects of Reagan's foreign policy?
A.
the search for new enemies after the end of the Cold War
B.
the desire to limit outdated Cold War containment policies
C.
the willingness to go beyond Cold War containment policies
D.
the creation of new conflict based on outdated Cold War alliances