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To: TimF who wrote (166843)4/7/2003 3:20:55 PM
From: Alighieri  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1580032
 
Ronald Reagan didn't bring it down.

I know that...but the myth lives on nonetheless in the minds of romantic republicans....the USSR self distructed and no silly defense spending increase was singularly responsible for such an historic event. Posting about it is almost like having to tell your children that there really is no Easter bunny. You are sorry for having to do it, but you don't want them to look stupid with their friends.

Al



To: TimF who wrote (166843)4/8/2003 4:29:01 PM
From: tejek  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1580032
 
Ronald Reagan didn't bring it down. Not by himself. He was however one important factor in the process.


As was any president who occupied office between the 50s and 1990. During that period, it was the US's superpower opposition to the USSR, coupled with the USSR's ongoing paranoia that caused the USSR to maintain a defense budget as a large percentage of GDP. That was one of several reasons that brought the gov't down.

ted


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