Re:How the Berlin Wall Really Fell
by dragonwriter on Saturday November 08, 2014 @11:34AM
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> You believe it's essentially coincidental that Reagan was the first and only President to have the goal of ending the Soviet Union, not "containing" it?
Coincidental with what? The actual policy change of "Reagan's" that is usually credited for destroying the Soviet Union is the escalated military buildup -- a policy conceived and initiated late in the Carter Administration.
And the actual collapse of the Soviet Union occurred during the first Bush Administration.
In order for there to be even a coincidence, there'd have to be something for this alleged "first and only" status to be coincident with.
Coincidental with what? The actual policy change of "Reagan's" that is usually credited for destroying the Soviet Union is the escalated military buildup -- a policy conceived and initiated late in the Carter Administration.
And the actual collapse of the Soviet Union occurred during the first Bush Administration.
In order for there to be even a coincidence, there'd have to be something for this alleged "first and only" status to be coincident with.