Reagan believed in rollback, not merely containment.
Yes, but Reagan knew rollback could happen - he made it happen - without getting the US into wars. Unlike Bush Jr., who I voted for twice, but who turned out to be a failed president who ushered in the rule of Obama, in large part because of Bush’s disastrous decision to invade Iraq. There are statues to Reagan in the countries he liberated without getting the US into any wars. Are there any statues to Bush in Iraq? Have the Shiites who now run that country named any streets after Bush?
But wars were necessary. We supported Afghan Mujehadeen in a proxy war. We liberated Grenad in an absolute case of rollback. And the Liberation of Kuwait under George HW Bush crippled the reputation of Soviet equipment and doctrine.