Reagan was right, but notice he wasn’t saying anything about expanding NATO right up to Russia’s borders or about trying to democratize the Middle East.
THIS! He played Iran and Iraq of each other beautifuly.
“”””Reagan was right, but notice he wasn’t saying anything about expanding NATO right up to Russia’s borders””””
Russia’s empire look permanent at that time in history but if you had asked him in private if he would have accepted Poland and other freed countries into NATO if they ever escaped, he would have said yes, that discussion wasn’t taking place in public anywhere.