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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK
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To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (37499)3/9/1999 9:37:00 PM
From: nuke44  Read Replies (1) of 67261
 
I served under every President from LBJ to Clinton. I can say with some authority that President Reagan ranks head and shoulders above all other Presidents during that period in one important aspect. He had a clear vision of U.S. foreign policy and was unwavering in implementing that vision. Under him and later under Bush, continuing his policies, the U.S. was universally respected as the preemminent world power. It was feared by some and hated by others, but it was respected by all. Almost single handedly, through his policies he brought about the collapse of the Soviet Union by forcing it to try to match strength with strength, ruble for dollar. He stated early on in his first term that his goal was to end Soviet hegemony and he did it with a single mindedness that can't be matched by anything done by any other President since Truman turned Hiroshima and Nagasaki into still life sculptures. Some people will say that the collapse of the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact was not a good thing, but they weren't there at the Brandenberg gate that night in 1989 to see the fruits of Reagan's efforts like I was.

Now, as the rest of the world snickers at the impotence of U.S. foreign policy under Clinton, while our enemies strengthen their positions to challenge us, a hagiography for Reagan doesn't seem so inappropriate.
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