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They said the same thing about Reagan, and he brought down the Soviets in a similar way. It seems that no amount of evidence is enough for some people.
by cvwright 8y ago
They said the same thing about Reagan, and he brought down the Soviets in a similar way.
It seems that no amount of evidence is enough for some people.
- bjourne 8y agoReagan didn't: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/09/lets-please-stop-crediting-ronald-reagan-for-the-fall-of-the-berlin-wall/262647/ https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/09/le... The SU was brought down by Gorbachev, economic stagnation, the Afghan war and alcoholism -- not Reagan.
- Clubber 8y agoYa Reagan just took credit for it. They took down the wall 2 years after his "tear down this wall speech." It's a myth.
- paulie_a 8y agoReagan didn't. The Soviet Union crashed their own empire. This myth of him being a fiscal conservative while outspending the ussr on misguided military programs is something that needs to go away.