perhaps it worked

Post #9,531 by tablizer 9/17/01 6:43:46 PM Reply	perhaps it worked >> At the time we had a right-wing President who possessed a single-minded devotion to destroy the "Evil Empire". This narrowness of vision caused the US to align itself with some of the most inhuman entities in the world. Reagan didn't care about anything save the destruction of his "Evil Empire" and the elimination of any Left-Leaning nation. Atrocities committed against "Godless Communists" were no vice at all to Uncle Ronnie or his supporters. << One school of thot is that what Reagan did WORKED. He made (or tricked) the Soviets into realizing that their cause was lost and they started doubting themselves. Of course, the complexities of the downfall of the Soviet Union can have a jillion interpretations, and I suggest one make it a different thread in a different topic if they want to discuss it more. At least the Soviets would probably not destroy the entire planet to acheive their goal. In that sense, they were more civalized than this new breed of Forced Idealism followers. ________________ oop.ismad.com
Post #9,534 by gdaustin 9/17/01 6:59:36 PM Reply	It Worked But there were side effects to making the deals that we made that are now coming back to haunt us. I would much rather have this situation we have now (as scary as it might seem), than a strong Russia having destroyed Afghanistan, flexing it's military muscle into Pakistan, Western Europe, Turkey, and Alaska. Everything we do has intended AND unintended consequences (that we cannot foresee). Sometimes those unintended consequences are a nit, sometimes they are profound. Remember the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. Glen Austin
Post #9,653 by mmoffitt 9/18/01 9:21:12 PM Reply	Time's Man of the Century. I voted for Reagan as Time Magazine's Man of the Century. From where I sit, he virtually single-handedly destroyed two super-powers by spending them out of existence.
Post #9,688 by CRConrad 9/19/01 9:53:45 AM Reply	Remember our discussions - but I forget: Who finally got it? Hitler? For better or worse (definitely worse!), he probably influenced the 20th century more than any other single man, AFAICS... And that says something not only about him, but perhaps above all, about the last century: To have its greatest personal influence be such a bad one, it must have been a pretty bad century, on the whole. Christian R. Conrad The Man Who Knows Fucking Everything

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