<<<Let me just ask: does it give
you no pause that Reagan is the only one in the world,
practically, who thought that the Soviet Empire might expire
in our lifetime, and it did? Or that everyone was predicting
that Reaganomics would lead to misery in the '90s, and in
fact we have had a boom? Ah, well.... >>>
Are you actually implying that Ronald Reagan could walk and chew gum at the same time, and also was a sort of seer, a knowledgeable and sophisticated historian, political scientist and economist?
Please reply yes or no. hehehe.
In the movies in which he had roles, there were happy endings.
He wasn't, in any case, the "only" one. Just to name one very famous analyst who foresaw the collapse, there was a Russian analyst/political commentator named Andre Amalrik whose book, Can the Soviet Union Survive Until 1984, predicted precisely the shape the collapse would take. And there were many others. My husband says, lol.
<<<Okay, I think it is more complicated, but I don't feel like
fighting right at the moment. >>>
I do know that feeling, and sympathize utterly, and promise that I don't take disengagement to be capitulation. Enjoy the day. |
