Won in the sense that they're no longer ruled by the Soviets I guess.
Hey Gorby! I made a stain on a blue dress
shaped just like that one on your forehead.
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Ted Turner and another 3-some he reveled in being part of.
In a sense, the Russians did win as they're not living under the yoke of Communism anymore. But Gorby will still go down as one of history's biggest losers.
And there are no American soldiers at the Baghdad airport.
"The US and Russia had both emerged victorious at the end of the Cold War"
End?
He is absolutely right. When the communists lost the proletariat definitely won. I doubt Gorbachev was cheering, though, when the Berlin Wall came tumbling down. I s'pect he didn't feel the euphoric shudders many of us felt.
Too bad for Gorbachev he couldn't hold on a little longer. Clinton would have saved the Soviet Union's ass.
Gorbachev was trying to keep the Soviet Union intact. He failed completely. The man I respect is Yeltsin, who stood on a tank and voiced his defiance to the leaders of the Communist coup that overthrew Gorbachev. For his defiance of the Soviets, Yeltsin was later treated by our media as a buffoon, and hated by the Left.
I remember very clearly visiting a bookshop and reading, quickly, through Gorbachev's book describing the need for perestroika (restructuring) of the Soviet Union. In that instant I saw the world we live in would change. It was an event like landing on the moon, AND MORE, in what it portended for the peace and safety of people living at that time.
This is a great man, in the right place at the right time.
Everybody wins! Isn't that special. Maybe we can all get brightly colored ribbons, shiney little plastic trophies or a gold star to enhance our collective self esteem.
Why is Gorbachev so chatty lately?
This is roughly the sixth article I've seen on him in just under 2 weeks.
The Soviet Union won the Cold War!
BS! He was trying to save Communism! As for the Nobel Prize, they wouldn't give it to Reagan so they gave it to Gorby instead.
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Russia is now losing its population.
Russian women are leaving Russia in droves, along with the future children they will bare, for greener pastures abroad.
Life expectancy in Russia is going down.
National population down to as little as 80 million in just 50 years perhaps.
Now just WHO won WHAT, I wonder..?
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IMO, one Mr. Ronald Reagan deserves the lion's share of the credit for ending (and winning) the cold war because he threw train loads of cash at the military and Soviets had to fold. It was either fold or try to keep up with us and face a truly calamitous collapse later.
Gorby, Clinton. and Ted Turner all slapping each other on the back. Ugh!
Sounds like he is trying to appeal to Vladimir Putin and Russian commie cranks.
Is he smoking the wacky weed?