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slampoet

(5,032 posts) Mon Jul 30, 2012, 07:19 PM Jul 2012

Any person who repeats the lie "Reagan ended the Cold War" is snubbing the Polish People.

Lech Walesa and Pope John Paul II were the men who stood up to the Soviet Union and caused the Iron Curtain to fall.

Without them, the Solidarity Movement, and the Polish people, none of the people in Reagan's cabinet would have even paid attention to eastern Europe. None of the protests that brought down the Berlin wall would have happened.

It is so sad that the GOP is robbing the conservatives in Poland of their heritage in the world, but then again Poles are used to big asshole nations treating them like shit. Romney would be no different.

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Any person who repeats the lie "Reagan ended the Cold War" is snubbing the Polish People. (Original Post) slampoet Jul 2012 OP

And Osama bin Laden, FWIW. n/t Ian David Jul 2012 #1

Reagan didn't end the cold war. He almost brought it to fruition with his "We begin bombing in 5... HopeHoops Jul 2012 #2

Don't forget Mikhail Gorbachev. Without him, the other two would not have been known. madinmaryland Jul 2012 #3

Ian David

(69,059 posts)

1. And Osama bin Laden, FWIW. n/t

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Mon Jul 30, 2012, 07:30 PM

Jul 2012

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)

2. Reagan didn't end the cold war. He almost brought it to fruition with his "We begin bombing in 5...

Reply to slampoet (Original post)

Mon Jul 30, 2012, 08:42 PM

Jul 2012

... minutes." line. The USSR went on full red alert when he said that. He brought us as close to MAD as we've ever been. Levi jeans (black market in general) did far more to dismantle the USSR than Reagan. He just took credit for it. Oh, and rMoney takes a lot of credit for saving Detroit, too.

madinmaryland

(64,933 posts)

3. Don't forget Mikhail Gorbachev. Without him, the other two would not have been known.