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by buxtonite ..slowly losing my mind on November 2nd, 2009
Yes he does for what little impact he had on ending the cold war, what ended the cold war was nothing more or less than the Soviet Union was bankrupt... really its that simple
by ConservativelyLiberal on November 2nd, 2009
He gets far too much credit.
by Old School on November 2nd, 2009
Someone once said "Reagan taking credit for ending the Cold War is like the rooster taking credit for the dawn".
The CIA knew by the late 1960s that the Soviet Union would eventually collapse.
All the Neo-Con/Military-Industrial Complex spending did since then is ensure that the United States went bankrupt second.
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http://archive.peacemagazine.org/v02n6p40b.htm
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by Rufus_T_Firefly on November 2nd, 2009
Yeah, he just happened to be President of the United States when the Berlin wall came down. Hindsight has shown that Reagan's actions were contradictory. In those circumstances where a rigid ideological approach would have debased American interests, Reagan showed pragmatic beliefs. However, when he started confronting the weakening Soviet states, he performed as an ideologue and because of that, his anticommunism rap could finally be aired without risk to national security. Despite what his adherents believe about him, Reagan had no consistent ideological forethought to ending the Cold War. Good question. +5
by RosieGHM Jetpacker on November 3rd, 2009
This is what I remember about Ron Reagan...as Governor of California he personally cut education off at the knees. That is his legacy for me. Anti-education, anti-intellect, anti-growth, anti-progress. Happy Tuesday keithold! :)
by jin jang on November 2nd, 2009
He had little to do with ending the cold war.
by OZe on November 2nd, 2009
He gets a lot of credit from the SCLM for ending it, and it is about 5,000 times more than he deserves.
by MrJosh on November 21st, 2009
From my understanding of history, he gets far more credit than he deserves.
by what on November 2nd, 2009
I'm not sure the Cold War has ended.
by kybear on November 2nd, 2009
No he doesn't. The liberal media has always underrated Reagan.
by Mr. Black on November 22nd, 2009
It was an event that would have come with or with out him. The governments of the world were heading towards globalization along time ago.By hiring an actor the US showed the world that they can get masses of people to buy into pretty much anything.
by Factotum on November 2nd, 2009
No, but he will in time.
by Sharona Life is a Tale Told by an Idiot on November 22nd, 2009
He also did a lot to feed into it as well.
by Moongrim on November 22nd, 2009
So if his spending like a Credit Card Republican solved the "cold war" then why did so many Republicans not stop spending like a bunch of drunken democrats?
by 4down2 on November 22nd, 2009
no the global economy !
by uncacal on November 22nd, 2009
A better question would be, "Does he deserve the credit he gets?"
by jubilee on November 22nd, 2009
The Soviet Union may very well have collapsed on it's own. They were in trouble economically before Reagan was ever elected. I do, however, think the arms race that Reagan engaged them in helped speed up their demise. Reagan may have put the final nail in the coffin, but he certainly didn't build that coffin. History has given him more than enough credit.
by BBurgess66 on March 4th, 2010
I have to agree with the consensus here. He was a good leader yes. But, at best, he only helped the impending collapse occur sooner.
by beowulf- 66 on November 22nd, 2009
Reagan was a great chief executive,leader,we sure could use a pres.like him again.
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Thanks buxtonite. It was definitely a factor.
by keithold is a prodigal bagger on November 2nd, 2009
my pleasure as always!
by buxtonite ..slowly losing my mind on November 3rd, 2009