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1 posted on 09/02/2022 4:30:18 PM PDT by jfd1776
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Gorbachev needs to be graded on a curve.

He was a communist fool, but he let the country separate peaceably (after some mistakes in the Baltic States). He didn't unleash the horror he could have when it was obvious the USSR was being actively undermined by its eastern satellite states.

2 posted on 09/02/2022 4:47:25 PM PDT by Yossarian
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Dead-on accurate commentary!


3 posted on 09/02/2022 4:48:43 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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Maintaining the USSR required a ruler who was willing to use force. For the most part, Gorbachev was not that person. Depending on your perspective, that can make him a loser or a hero. I tend to come down on the loser side because, as the article points out, he did not want the USSR to collapse. In fact, considering what a massive failure he was, I was suprised that Gorbachev lived as long as he did.

On the flip side, the mini-series “Chernobyl” does paint Gorbachev in a very good light with regard to that crisis. It is possible that he saved much of Europe from disaster with his decisive actions.


4 posted on 09/02/2022 4:54:27 PM PDT by rbg81
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Very accurate


5 posted on 09/02/2022 4:55:35 PM PDT by SomeCallMeTim ( The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them!it)
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Is it true that biden is giving the eulogy?


7 posted on 09/02/2022 4:58:36 PM PDT by eyeamok (founded in cynicism, wrapped in sarcasm)
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There’s a very old Russian saying: ‘The first Russian tsar will be named Mikhail. And the last Russian tsar will be named Mikhail.’

Well, the first Romanov tsar was Mikhaíl I. And then there’s Mikhail Gorbachev.

Just something to think about.


8 posted on 09/02/2022 4:59:00 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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Very accurate


13 posted on 09/02/2022 5:20:36 PM PDT by SomeCallMeTim ( The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them!it)
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It requires some age for the reader to remember, but I do recall when the Democrats severely criticized Ronald Reagan, during the 1984 campaign, for not having a summit meeting with these elderly Russian Kremlin bureau apparatchiks. Pure stupidity mixed with RDS to scare the voters that RR was starting a nuclear war.


15 posted on 09/02/2022 5:39:42 PM PDT by SES1066 (More & more it looks like Brandon's best decision was Kamala! UGH!)
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Mikael Gorbachev, loser

Reagan - 1
Gorbachev - 0


16 posted on 09/02/2022 5:42:10 PM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (America -- July 4, 1776 to November 3, 2020 -- R.I.P.)
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bump


19 posted on 09/02/2022 6:09:35 PM PDT by foreverfree
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