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To: jbe who wrote (1368)	11/10/1999 12:41:00 PM
From: Zoltan!	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3246

I always care what you think. I believe I had told you that. If I hadn't, consider yourself on notice. What do you think of this, especially the last paragraph: dailynews.yahoo.com

To: jbe who wrote (1368)	11/10/1999 12:46:00 PM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 3246

I have no doubt that Gorbachev was a serious reformer, and that Thatcher's assessment of him as someone with whom one could do business was correct. I also think that he was in power because the Politburo needed him to deal with Reagan, and that he would never have gotten power if Carter and Mondale had dominated the decade. I also think that he was at least as much a Communist as Deng, who was loathe to lose power or territory; that if the Politburo had not trusted him, he would have gotten nowhere; and that events overtook him, and he was man enough to ride them out with some grace....