Straw that broke the camel's back.
The SU was going to collapse sooner or later - it was a matter of when, not how. He just gave it a 'friendly little push' to help the process along.
And then totally fumbled the aftermath, along with Bush sr. and Clinton.
"Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." -- Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989