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Poles honour 'Cold Warrior' Ronald Reagan [92]
Hey I'm sure that the Reagan administration kept the pressure up, the pressure that had been set decades prior by people like George Kennan. But that he kept the pressure up was not enough to win the cold war. Usually, when a country begins arming itself against another, the other country follows suit, witness today's botched efforts to 'intimidate' Iran and North Korea. Well the Soviet Union reacted in a similar way - that's human nature. As much as the US cranked the heat, the Soviets folowed suit, as they were paranoid that the US might actually launch an attack, possibly, a nuclear attack in the wake of NATO's Able Archer military exercises in 1983. These exercises simply provoked a like reaction.
Actually the Soviets were those 'bad' in this case and they tried to extend their destructing influence over whole world using various methods to reach this goal. They armed themselves because they wanted to be stronger than anybody else. Reagan administration did well joining the race, because it helped to bring Soviet regime down faster. Americans could afford this while the Soviets couldn't, so this was a brilliant tactic.
The change came with Gorbachev, who was apprently of a more peaceful complexion then his predecessors. His peaceful overtures formed the crucial catalyst for the Cold War's conclusion. He came equipped with a philosophy of glasnost ("openness"), perestroika ("restructuring"), demokratizatsiya ("democratization"), and uskoreniye ("acceleration", of economic development).
Your image of policy of the Soviet Central Committee under Gorbachev is completely false. You have bought all their propaganda destined to western world, nothing like above really happened. You should read the account of political prisoners whom lived in this country. Where did you read that all of this really happened? This source contained any details of such policies or only such empty slogans?
Also, Soviet apparatchicks are not any reliable source information.
What else would a Russian say Masks??
I read about many Russians whom have very positive opinion about Reagan politics. However none of them was a Soviet apparatchick.
The CIA suppling stingers to guerillas in Afghanistan
This was a very good idea. You don't seems to bother about the Soviets imposing their policies on people whom did not wish this. While American supplies to anti-communist forces are supposed to be wrong.
hat would be unwise, as Reagan extended his reach to the middle east, Africa, and South America, where he can boast an atrocious record of murderous, counter-democratic actions.
Since when communists whom always claims to be 'democrats' should be really considered 'democrats'? How could anybody still believe this propaganda?
