Re: So the list of TEOTWAWKI causes is:
Wesley Taylor wrote:
> Reagan (and crew) were responsible for a series of actions that put
> pressure on the Soviets and resulted in Gorbachov and the acceptance
> that an program likel Peristroika was needed. Soviet fear of Reagan
> and belief that he was capable of nuclear war goaded them into
> acts that sped up the decline and fall.
Nah, the SU had 70% of its GDP in the military-industrial complex from
WWII on. Thus they were doomed from the the outset, but the collapse
happened faster than it was expected. Reagan had very little to do with
this. He just was lucky enough to be president when the implosion
occured.
Karl M. Syring
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- Re: According to Obama
... but Reagan was never one to dodge a confrontation with the "evil empire." ... I'm not saying anything about Carter. ... A sequence of Carter-like presidents would have easily afforded the Soviets the time and the money necessary to regroup and ... more problematic once Reagan began to push and push and push and push. ...
(rec.sport.football.college) - Re: According to Obama
... but Reagan was never one to dodge a confrontation with the "evil empire." ... I'm not saying anything about Carter. ... reason to believe Carter wouldn't have gone along with that. ... Reagan turned that trend around during his tenure, and it was only the turning around that caused the Soviets to sit up and take ...
(rec.sport.football.college) - Re: According to Obama
... but Reagan was never one to dodge a confrontation with the "evil empire." ... I'm not saying anything about Carter. ... reason to believe Carter wouldn't have gone along with that. ... Reagan turned that trend around during his tenure, and it was only the turning around that caused the Soviets to sit up and take ...
(rec.sport.football.college) - Re: According to Obama
... You have a funny way of saying "he brought down the Soviet Union." ... Or do you also think that it's just another coincidence that they got braver and more vocal once Reagan was elected? ... Of course, if Carter had gotten another four years, he would have given the Soviets four more years in which they could have focused on things *other than* countering what we were doing. ...
(rec.sport.football.college) - Re: According to Obama
... but Reagan was never one to dodge a confrontation with the "evil empire." ... I'm not saying anything about Carter. ... Reagan turned that trend around during his tenure, and it was only the turning around that caused the Soviets to sit up and ... more problematic once Reagan began to push and push and push and push. ...
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