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To: jbe who wrote (1338)	11/10/1999 9:26:00 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3246

Actually, Joan, he did say that Gorbachev intended the consequence....

To: jbe who wrote (1338)	11/10/1999 9:37:00 AM
From: Zoltan!	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3246

>>but that Gorbachev did more than anyone else to end the cold war. Gorby gave in to irresistible forces. >>As someone whose job it was for years to follow Gorbachev, let me say that I agree 100%. You are myopic. That cannot withstand analysis. Gorby was a reaction to Reagan. If Carter had been re-elected and his feckless policies continued, the Soviet Union and Cold War would in all likelihood still be with us - they thrived under Carter, reaching their apogee. Europe was being successfully neutralized and Central America would have gone communist, including even Mexico. There would have been no Gorby - at least not the one who lost the Cold War. Reagan was, as was his reaction, indespensible for the Cold War to end when it did. But make no mistake, Gorby was a reaction, he was pushed.