Ron and Mikhail's Excellent Adventure How Reagan won the Cold War. (the actual title)

Slate ^ | June 10, 2004 | Fred Kaplan

[q_an_a]

So, did Ronald Reagan bring on the end of the Cold War? Well, yes. Recently declassified documents leave no doubt about the matter. But how did he accomplish it?

excerpted...this is a very good story with new facts!! http://slate.msn.com/id/2102081/

[The G Man]

[taxed2death]

There was a facinating show on History channel the other night. It had a play by play recount of the discussions he had with Gorby pertaining to nuclear disarmement....it was pretty cool, Reagan wouldn't budge on SDI, even though it was totally unworkable. Gorby was scared to death of "Star Wars".

A high stakes poker game if i ever saw one.....:)

[Dilbert56]

It's so telling how the Soviet Union respected the ability of America to develop SDI and the elite "intelligentsia" in this country said it would never work.

• The Soviet opinions were based on sober assessments, made by excellent scientists, who knew the fate of two countries weighed in the balance.
• The liberal opinions here were based on visceral hatred for the man who proposed it.

Of all the things we could name after President Reagan, the NMD site in Alaska would be the most fitting.

[orionblamblam]

> Of all the things we could name after President Reagan, the NMD site in Alaska would be the most fitting.

No. Not quite.

The "Ronald Reagan Memorial Missile Defense Base" located in Berkely California... THAT would be the most fitting.

With the possible exception of the "Ronald Reagan Memorial Orion Launch Facility" at the former site of Tehran...

[q_an_a]

thanks for your comment

[Fiddlstix]

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