Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: rich4eagle who wrote (215114)	1/6/2002 11:29:48 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

The Reagan buildup, and especially the prospect of the Strategic Defense Initiative, made reform imperative, and led to the installation of Mikhail Gorbachev and the introduction of glasnost and perestroika. As it happened, the country could not survive the shock of openness about the actual history of the Soviet Union and its current state, and eventually things became uncontainable. Unlike Khruschev, who was "retired" as he allowed more openness, Gorbachev's ability to work with the West, and the sense of crisis, kept him in power long enough for the changes to become overwhelming. When the Politburo finally did try to unseat Gorbachev, Yeltsin mounted a challenge that spelled the beginning of the end of the Soviet Union. Also important in the tale was the support of Solidarity; the ability to counter neutralism in Europe in getting NATO to accept intermediate range missiles; and more vigorously challenging Soviet adventures on the periphery, for example, in Afghanistan and Central America.........

To: rich4eagle who wrote (215114)	1/6/2002 11:31:11 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

No one,with the exception of an emigre who wrote a book that was widely dismissed, thought that the Soviet Union was about to disappear. Ronald Reagan was the only politician whom I know to have entertained the notion. The fact is, Khruschev was "retired" for less liberalization than Gorbachev permitted, but the Kremlin needed someone who could deal with Reagan. They were afraid of SDI, for example. Why do you think they torpedoed the Reykjavik agreement if we would not give it up? In the end, the competitive pressure placed on the Soviet Union did it in now, instead of waiting another century or more........

To: rich4eagle who wrote (215114)	1/6/2002 11:31:29 AM
From: R Sandvig	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Where are these numbers published about how the poor suffered and rich prospered under Reagan? I would love to see what you are talking about because right now I am skeptical. RS