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To: RMF who wrote (850510)4/17/2015 1:20:45 AM
From: i-node  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1575908
 
>> It was Gorbachev that broke up the Soviet Union and it wouldn't have mattered much WHO the president of the U.S. was at the time.

This is total nonsense.

Ten is correct that the USSR was in trouble; but that is why Reagan believed he could end the Cold War.

When Reagan took office no one in his right mind would have even CONSIDERED the possibility that the USSR would dissipate into thin air within eight years. And in fact, if you drop the revisionist bullshit you would recall that the general belief was that the Soviets were WINNING the Cold War.

It is clear to me that the liberal, Democrat hate speech is so deep around you that you are totally unwilling to free yourself of the propaganda.

Like so many on the Left, you simply refuse to know the truth because it would shoot down your beloved liberalism.



To: RMF who wrote (850510)4/17/2015 9:16:54 AM
From: joseffy  Respond to of 1575908
 
Obama's recent actions embracing Communist Cuba and the radical Islamic state of Iran, make it all too clear who the Obama administration considers its ‘friends’



To: RMF who wrote (850510)4/17/2015 10:09:37 AM
From: Brumar89  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1575908
 
Carter and other Democratic traitors went begging to the Soviets for help defeating Reagan:

..... Jimmy Carter's Dirty Tricks Soviet diplomatic accounts and material from the archives shows that in January 1984 former President Jimmy Carter dropped by Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin's residence for a private meeting. Carter expressed his concern about and opposition to Reagan's defense buildup. He boldly told Dobrynin that Moscow would be better off with someone else in the White House. If Reagan won, he warned, "There would not be a single agreement on arms control, especially on nuclear arms, as long as Reagan remained in power." Using the Russians to influence the presidential election was nothing new for Carter. Schweizer reveals Russian documents that show that in the waning days of the 1980 campaign, the Carter White House dispatched businessman Armand Hammer to the Soviet embassy. Hammer was a longtime Soviet-phile, and he explained to the Soviet ambassador that Carter was "clearly alarmed" at the prospect of losing to Reagan. Hammer pleaded with the Russians for help. He asked if the Kremlin could expand Jewish emigration to bolster Carter's standing in the polls. 'Carter Won't Forget That Service' "Carter won't forget that service if he is elected," Hammer told Dobrynin. Carter was not the only Democrat to make clear to the Russians where their loyalty lay. As the election neared in 1984, Dobrynin recalls meetings with Speaker of the House Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill. O'Neill told Dobrynin that no effort should be spared to prevent "that demagogue Reagan" from being re-elected.
freerepublic.com



To: RMF who wrote (850510)4/17/2015 2:11:37 PM
From: Tenchusatsu  Respond to of 1575908
 
RMF,
Actually, Carter probably would have done much better with the breakup.
That's not the point.

Carter would have given the old regime the means and the motivation to stay alive for another decade or so.

Reagan helped speed up the demise of the Soviet Union.

Gorbachev was ultimately the catalyst that set the collapse in motion, but there were many factors involved in its timing.

Tenchusatsu


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