[WhiskeyPapa]

Nope, Reagan ended one of the world's greatest tyrannies with hardly a shot being fired.

I guess you don't think the war in Korea and in Viet Nam were part of the downfall of Communism, or the capture of the U.S.S. Pueblo, or the numerous shoot downs of U.S. reconnaisance aircraft along the borders of the Soviet Union?

All of that was part and parcel of the fall of the Soviet Union and it sure wasn't bloodless.

Walt

[labard1]

"Nope, Reagan ended one of the world's greatest tyrannies with hardly a shot being fired.
I guess you don't think the war in Korea and in Viet Nam were part of the downfall of Communism, or the capture of the U.S.S. Pueblo, or the numerous shoot downs of U.S. reconnaisance aircraft along the borders of the Soviet Union?

All of that was part and parcel of the fall of the Soviet Union and it sure wasn't bloodless."

You're right, there was a way to misconstrue my comment. So let me clarify: the Cold War had been going on for 35 years when Reagan became President. Some of that period had involved combat and some had been true cold war.

After Reagan became President, however, the Soviet Union fell and Eastern Europe was freed from its tyranny. Virtually no shots were fired in the Cold War after Reagan became President. Not being in government, he had no (meaningful) impact on Korea or Viet Nam.

Neither Korea nor Viet Nam "ended" Communism, though obviously it was necessary to stop the expansion of Communism before its power could be ended. Although I never said that the overall conflict with the Soviet Union was bloodless, I now understand that it was possible to misconstrue my comment. And who better than Whiskey Papa to do it?