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13Why do so many people credit Reagan with ending the cold war?
Filed Under (Poland) by admin on 13-10-2007
Tagged Under : Cold War, Communism, Communist Countries, Dissidents, Investing, Lech Walesa, Many People, Military Spending, Military Technology, Money, Presidencies, Reagan, Starwars, Truman
Elana asked:
He was simply perpetuating the “mutually assured destruction”
technologies of previous presidencies going back to Truman.
Communism fell apart due to running out of money (much of
which was going to its military) and dissidents (such as Lech
Walesa) from within. How does Reagan get the credit?
FYI, Starwars had nothing to do with this
as *NONE* of it had been implemented by
the time the last of the communist countries
that have fallen fell.
He was simply perpetuating the “mutually assured destruction”
technologies of previous presidencies going back to Truman.
Communism fell apart due to running out of money (much of
which was going to its military) and dissidents (such as Lech
Walesa) from within. How does Reagan get the credit?
FYI, Starwars had nothing to do with this
as *NONE* of it had been implemented by
the time the last of the communist countries
that have fallen fell.
It comes down to military spending.
What ELSE did he do other then the
usual investing in military technology?
