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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: RMF who wrote (5506)9/22/2006 12:05:48 PM
From: Ann Corrigan  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 224729
 
Star Wars was Reagan's most effective budget killer for the USSR. Gorbachev's increased spending, in an attempt to keep up with the US missile interception program, resulted in bread lines for Russian cities. Admittedly the stars did appear to shine on Pres Reagan's foreign policy by providing him with an out-of-character moderate Russian premier and Boris Yeltsin as well.