"Have you checked into Russian politics lately???
Things are NOT so rosy...or democratic....
Does that make Reagan a failure?? "
Reagan didn't fight for Russian democracy, he fought against communism, so by that measure, no, he most assuredly was not, and is not a failure.
You debate like a dem....you hypothesize and when you are questioned about something you said, you parse the words to make them fit into your theory..
How clever..