To: oldleft
Are f****n kidding me? He was trying to save the Soviet Union! You lost me
12 posted on
03/02/2006 2:53:07 PM PST by
fml
To: fml
He knew the Soviet Union was going to collapse so he instigated some market reforms in an attempt to save the country. The last thing he wanted was a disintegration of the Soviet Union.
29 posted on
03/02/2006 3:06:03 PM PST by
oldleft
To: fml
You lost me.
Gorbachev's reforms were an attempt to save the soviet communist system (he said so in his book). Glastnost & Perestroika had the effect of checking the gas level in your tank with match.
44 posted on
03/02/2006 3:43:28 PM PST by
PsyOp
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