Interesting myth that. Too bad the rest of the world doesn't believe it. The Germans, the Bulgarians, Poles etc know that it was their own people who forced the communist regimes out, with no real help from Ronnie Raygun, just some empty rhetoric.
Interesting story about the attempted coup in Russia against Gorbachev. The Red Army Guards tank unit that was supposed to take over the Kremlin building went the wrong way in Moscow. So they stopped a car to get directions. The occupant was a Canadian diplomat who gave them directions to the ring road surrounding Moscow. Apparently the Guards unit ended up getting so lost that it allowed loyalist units to protect the Kremlin, and Yeltsin to assume control of most of Moscow. Essentially Ronnie Raygun and the US did not win the Cold war, but the losers were the CPSU. The winners were the people of the then Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact countries. On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 9:28 PM, Sam <sammyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Reagan spend a fortune rebuilding defense and the reward was winning > the cold war. At least we see it as a reward, I'm sure that saddens > many on this list. The Bush had to all repair a flailing military, a > major attack and two wars caused by a weakened superpower > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:328462 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
