It's funny how Reagan gets all the credit when there were quite a few president's before him that also fought the cold war... Eisenhower,Truman, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford and Carter.
And it is true that the USSR was teetering on failure... their war in Afghanistan and the Global econmy is more likely to have pushed them over the edge than anything "the actor" did while on office. The U.S. played a vital role in undermining the USSR's viability and ensuring its downfall... bot no ONE president can take credit for that.
BEST PREZ EVAR!!!, Ok, after Lincoln, FDR, Clinton, but in the top 5.
hahaha
In defence of Reagan though, if you're going to be an ideologue, then his way is the way to go about it. The problem with some of the people on this forum is that they assume that if you act with an altruistic benificence towards other nations that they will then make nice and not trouble you or threaten you. That's an extremely naive outlook and if you can objectively think about it for a second you might see that being the anti-Reagan in every respect would have easily created an even more dangerous world.
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And it is true that the USSR was teetering on failure... their war in Afghanistan and the Global econmy is more likely to have pushed them over the edge than anything "the actor" did while on office. The U.S. played a vital role in undermining the USSR's viability and ensuring its downfall... bot no ONE president can take credit for that.
BEST PREZ EVAR!!!, Ok, after Lincoln, FDR, Clinton, but in the top 5.
hahaha
In defence of Reagan though, if you're going to be an ideologue, then his way is the way to go about it. The problem with some of the people on this forum is that they assume that if you act with an altruistic benificence towards other nations that they will then make nice and not trouble you or threaten you. That's an extremely naive outlook and if you can objectively think about it for a second you might see that being the anti-Reagan in every respect would have easily created an even more dangerous world.