regan and (was it peace or war?)
i'm tired of hearing how regan brought down the soviet empire. (and for a time he had to share that distinction with the pope but that seems to have gone out of style).
communism (as practiced behind the iron curtain) was corrupt from the inside out so, in time, crumbled and fell. sure it took decades but the obverse of this is, "rome wasn't built in a day".
the next time you see a video piece on the destruction of the berlin wall notice the east german guards looking on. bored stiff.
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