[doug from upland]

No thanks to the Democrats. They are doing it again today with radical Islam. NEVER TRUST DEMOCRATS WITH NATIONAL SECURITY.

[afraidfortherepublic]

I just referenced those three names — Reagan, Thatcher, and John Paul II in another post and added Lech Walesa (spelling) too. Those are the heroes who took down Communism.

Today Martha McCallum and Marvin Kalb made me sick on Fox giving all the credit to Gorbachev. Martha was probalby in elementary school when it happened and she was just taking the lead from that old Commie sympathiser, Kalb.

[Servant of the Cross]

Reagan, Thatcher and the Pope

No thanks to the Democrats.

Here's what Jim Wright, Speaker of the House at the time had to say about Reagan's Berlin Wall speech:

Wright’s face hardened. Reagan’s declaration had destroyed any chance of the wall coming down, since Gorbachev could not appear to bow to him. Wright fumed, “It just makes me have utter contempt for Reagan. He spoiled the chance for a dramatic breakthrough in relations between our two countries It bespeaks his pettiness and self-centeredness. He just couldn’t bear Gorbachev doing it of his own volition.”

Reminds me of a Reagan quote:

It isn’t that Liberals are ignorant; it’s just that they know so much that isn’t so.

[cowtowney]

Don’t forget Lech Walesa

[Iron Munro]

HOW FAR WE HAVE FALLEN

From this:

To this

[mjp]

December 8, 1987, Reagan and Gorbachev sign the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty

April 14,1988, the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afganistan. U.S. and Soviet Union agree not to interfere in Pakistani and Afgan affairs.

May 27, by a vote of 95-3 the senate ratifies the INF Treaty.

May 29 - June 1, Fourth summit meeting between Reagan and Gorbachev.

June 1, the INF treaty goes into effect. Reagan and Gorbachev formally exchange ratification documents. The two leaders issues a joint statement which for all practical purposes ends the Cold War. The key line: both countries were determined "to prevent any war between the United States and Soviet Union, whether nuclear or conventional," and disavowed "any intention to achieve military superiority."

November 28, 1988, Margaret Thatcher announces “The Cold War is already at an end.”

[Seven plus One]

I was going to say "those were the days", but that would be putting on the old 'rose colored glasses'. These are the days, by God, and we have a lot of work to do. It's good to be an American.

[doug from upland]

A great documentary film — IN THE FACE OF EVIL: Reagan’s War in Word and Deed

http://www.inthefaceofevil.com/