[oldleft]

Mr Gorbachev, who launched the democratic and economic reforms that ultimately led to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991

Are f****n kidding me? He was trying to save the Soviet Union!

[fml]

Are f****n kidding me? He was trying to save the Soviet Union!

You lost me

[dfwgator]

If Gorbachev could have kept the Soviet Union the way it was under Brezhnev, he would have done so. Reagan and Thatcher's policies forced his hand.

[Proud_USA_Republican]

The commies at the MSM will never forgive him for closing down the USSR.