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To: cosmicforce who wrote (84414)	7/28/2000 2:05:08 PM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 108807

Once nuclear weapons were part of the mix, what besides MAD was possible? By definition, one cannot trust a potential adversary...... As for Reagan, the fact remains that most Sovietologists predicted that his hardline would favor reactionary elements in the Kremlin, and exacerbate tension. Instead, it gave us Gorbachev, and kept him in power long after Khruschev had been booted (relative to liberalization). It allowed the problems of the regime to become matters of public debate, and sounded a death blow to faith in the Party. Well, I will not try to settle the matter, I will only say that the lessons remain a matter of debate......