[ConservativeMind]

This is a sad occasion.

I do encourage everyone to watch the documentary on Gorbachev. They interview him in it, too.

We missed a decent opportunity to work with Russia at a key point in time.

He really liked Reagan.

[dfwgator]

Wonder what the guy on the left thought?

[tennmountainman]

He, Reagan and Thatcher worked well together.
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[Maine Mariner]

One could tell there was a strong and sincere friendship between Gorbachev and Reagan simply by Gorbachev’s kissing Reagan’s casket at his (Reagan’s funeral).

[dfwgator]

Russians, in general, even today, still have a high regard for Reagan.

[Sequoyah101]

I watched it. If to be believed he was a changed man. On that played the game to get to the top and then executed his principles. He and Regan at the same time as Thatcher pulled us away from the brink. All three were people of destiny.

We all go sometime. He lived a very full life.

[Luke21]

Gorbachev did his part to deliver the Russian people. He was one of the better ones.

[Churchillspirit]

This was the man of whom Margaret Thatcher said to Ronald Reagan...”I think we can work with this man”

[gleeaikin]

He was one of the better things to happen in the latter half of 1900s. To bad other similar people did not rise in Russian leadership.

[Bonemaker]

I got to stand just a few feet from him when he visited the Chicago Board of Trade. Was smiling and seemed very genial.

[MinorityRepublican]

We missed a decent opportunity to work with Russia at a key point in time.

Bill Clinton blew a chance to work with Boris Yeltsin, who was an alcoholic (how Russian). What we needed was a Marshall Plan for the former Soviet Union.

Instead Russian Oligarchs looted the economy of Russia. Bill Clinton humiliated Boris Yeltsin on the world stage. NATO interventation in the Balkans was the last straw. The Russians did not forget. That brought the rise of Putin.

[Bonemaker]

[SueRae]

As a behind the scenes Cold Warrior in the 1980’s, I have to say those were among the best years of my life. 2 men, 2 leaders who had the will and the ability to dial back the threat of nuclear war. If only for the briefest of moments. And look at the 2 bozos in charge now...UGh. I will say prayers for Gorbachev. I will look for the documentary; I would be very much interested.