Comments on: President Ronald Reagan: Winning the Cold War http://www.historynet.com/president-ronald-reagan-winning-the-cold-war.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Wed, 22 May 2013 17:59:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Leaders Step Back « thevainyogi http://www.historynet.com/president-ronald-reagan-winning-the-cold-war.htm#comment-877528 Leaders Step Back « thevainyogi Wed, 13 Feb 2013 04:04:52 +0000 #comment-877528 [...] had strong companions on his journey! A companion with a strong mind, for making tough and wily calculations! A companion with a strong enteric system, for making tough [...] [...] had strong companions on his journey! A companion with a strong mind, for making tough and wily calculations! A companion with a strong enteric system, for making tough [...]

]]> By: hope obama is right about romney | Pundit House http://www.historynet.com/president-ronald-reagan-winning-the-cold-war.htm#comment-809704 hope obama is right about romney | Pundit House Wed, 20 Jun 2012 15:01:01 +0000 #comment-809704 [...] understand. Reagan’s “peace through strength” doctrine allowed him to take a stand when necessary and walk away when [...] [...] understand. Reagan's "peace through strength" doctrine allowed him to take a stand when necessary and walk away when [...]

]]> By: President Ronald Reagan: Winning the Cold War. Part one http://www.historynet.com/president-ronald-reagan-winning-the-cold-war.htm#comment-808358 President Ronald Reagan: Winning the Cold War. Part one Tue, 12 Jun 2012 09:18:05 +0000 #comment-808358 [...] Consequently, when the Soviet Union collapsed, no one was more surprised than Gorbachev. http://www.historynet.com/president-...e-cold-war.htm Beam me up Scottie, no intelligent life down here. Reply With Quote Quick [...] [...] Consequently, when the Soviet Union collapsed, no one was more surprised than Gorbachev. http://www.historynet.com/president-…e-cold-war.htm Beam me up Scottie, no intelligent life down here. Reply With Quote Quick [...]

]]> By: Jules http://www.historynet.com/president-ronald-reagan-winning-the-cold-war.htm#comment-806808 Jules Mon, 04 Jun 2012 21:02:31 +0000 #comment-806808 You forgot two commas. -_- You forgot two commas. -_-

]]> By: Norman Spencer http://www.historynet.com/president-ronald-reagan-winning-the-cold-war.htm#comment-789194 Norman Spencer Mon, 20 Feb 2012 05:54:11 +0000 #comment-789194 Ever since 1945 even up until now. The question is that we have been put into a patience mod. The model has been put into place. What everyone is doing is waiting for a plan to act. No amount of threats have been taken that serious until today. Tensions are mounting high due to a failed economic structure that has set the theatre. All doctorines have concluded the announcement of the sick bear being ready to take back their socialistic idealisms as soon as they can find right colaberated team to decide their future or fate. Ever since 1945 even up until now. The question is that we have been put into a patience mod. The model has been put into place. What everyone is doing is waiting for a plan to act. No amount of threats have been taken that serious until today. Tensions are mounting high due to a failed economic structure that has set the theatre. All doctorines have concluded the announcement of the sick bear being ready to take back their socialistic idealisms as soon as they can find right colaberated team to decide their future or fate.

]]> By: Santorum will not be getting my vote... - Page 4 - City-Data Forum http://www.historynet.com/president-ronald-reagan-winning-the-cold-war.htm#comment-788815 Santorum will not be getting my vote... - Page 4 - City-Data Forum Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:51:06 +0000 #comment-788815 [...] Originally Posted by muleskinner Reagan won the cold war????? Uhhhh...I really hope you are not a history teacher Read and learn grasshopper. President Ronald Reagan: Winning the Cold War [...] [...] Originally Posted by muleskinner Reagan won the cold war????? Uhhhh…I really hope you are not a history teacher Read and learn grasshopper. President Ronald Reagan: Winning the Cold War [...]

]]> By: 57nomad http://www.historynet.com/president-ronald-reagan-winning-the-cold-war.htm#comment-778806 57nomad Sat, 01 Oct 2011 06:28:09 +0000 #comment-778806 serge says: "But actually I am really stunned that this fairy tale about Regan's military build up and it's presumed influence on the end of the cold war is being repeated so many times even after many documents of the soviet union are diclassified and available for researchers." FTA: "Commenting on the Reagan arms buildup, the Soviet journal Izvestiya protested, 'They want to impose on us an even more ruinous arms race.' General Secretary Yuri Andropov alleged that Reagan's missile defense program was 'a bid to disarm the Soviet Union.' The seasoned diplomat Andrei Gromyko charged that 'behind all this lies the clear calculation that the USSR will exhaust its material resources…and therefore will be forced to surrender.' " That is exactly what happened. The Russians miscalculated, but you can't blame them because they were doing pretty good. Their proxies had just won protracted wars in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, and had taken over the Sandinista revolution and Grenada, and were fighting in several places in Africa and by 1980 if bets were being made as to who was going to come out on top in the cold war the smart money would have been on the Soviet Union. The Russians gambled everything they had on the strategy of threatening our southern border and Europe simultaneously. They spent every ruble on a fleet of mobile, accurate IRBM's called SS-20's and aimed them at western Europe. Despite huge anti-American demonstrations all over Europe denouncing it, Reagan had the Pershing IRBM developed and deployed in Europe and pointed at the Russians. That was it. That was all the Russians had. Reagan armed the Contras in Nicaragua, he invaded and liberated Grenada, he armed the mujahedin with stingers, but his trump card was SDI. No matter what any snooty intellectual has to say about whether or not SDI would work, it didn't matter. Here's why. The Russians thought it would work. A million critics can write a million stories about how Reagan stumbled through his presidency, history doesn't lie. Reagan knew he didn't have to convince his critics. They didn't matter at all and they still don't. He knew that the Russians were convinced. Our guys had already been on the moon for over 10 years so the Russians had no doubt we had the technological ability devise a way to defeat a ballistic missile attack. That was it for the Soviet Union. serge says:

"But actually I am really stunned that this fairy tale about Regan's military build up and it's presumed influence on the end of the cold war is being repeated so many times even after many documents of the soviet union are diclassified and available for researchers."

FTA:

"Commenting on the Reagan arms buildup, the Soviet journal Izvestiya protested, 'They want to impose on us an even more ruinous arms race.' General Secretary Yuri Andropov alleged that Reagan's missile defense program was 'a bid to disarm the Soviet Union.' The seasoned diplomat Andrei Gromyko charged that 'behind all this lies the clear calculation that the USSR will exhaust its material resources…and therefore will be forced to surrender.' "

That is exactly what happened. The Russians miscalculated, but you can't blame them because they were doing pretty good. Their proxies had just won protracted wars in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, and had taken over the Sandinista revolution and Grenada, and were fighting in several places in Africa and by 1980 if bets were being made as to who was going to come out on top in the cold war the smart money would have been on the Soviet Union.

The Russians gambled everything they had on the strategy of threatening our southern border and Europe simultaneously. They spent every ruble on a fleet of mobile, accurate IRBM's called SS-20's and aimed them at western Europe. Despite huge anti-American demonstrations all over Europe denouncing it, Reagan had the Pershing IRBM developed and deployed in Europe and pointed at the Russians.

That was it. That was all the Russians had. Reagan armed the Contras in Nicaragua, he invaded and liberated Grenada, he armed the mujahedin with stingers, but his trump card was SDI. No matter what any snooty intellectual has to say about whether or not SDI would work, it didn't matter. Here's why. The Russians thought it would work.

A million critics can write a million stories about how Reagan stumbled through his presidency, history doesn't lie. Reagan knew he didn't have to convince his critics. They didn't matter at all and they still don't. He knew that the Russians were convinced. Our guys had already been on the moon for over 10 years so the Russians had no doubt we had the technological ability devise a way to defeat a ballistic missile attack. That was it for the Soviet Union.

]]> By: Opinion: What Liberals Don’t Get about Reagan (or Chris Christie) | WORDPRESS PORTAL http://www.historynet.com/president-ronald-reagan-winning-the-cold-war.htm#comment-778666 Opinion: What Liberals Don’t Get about Reagan (or Chris Christie) | WORDPRESS PORTAL Tue, 27 Sep 2011 18:47:58 +0000 #comment-778666 [...] some-more spending cuts than any other complicated president”, did whatever he had to do to stop a Soviet Union in a tracks and brought a wish to a damaged America that stream hope-change proclaimers could usually [...] [...] some-more spending cuts than any other complicated president", did whatever he had to do to stop a Soviet Union in a tracks and brought a wish to a damaged America that stream hope-change proclaimers could usually [...]

]]> By: References | History 1945 to Present http://www.historynet.com/president-ronald-reagan-winning-the-cold-war.htm#comment-733502 References | History 1945 to Present Mon, 05 Sep 2011 00:07:29 +0000 #comment-733502 [...] N/A. (2006). President Ronald Reagan: Winning the Cold War. Retrieved from: http://www.historynet.com/president-ronald-reagan-winning-the-cold-war.htm [...] [...] N/A. (2006). President Ronald Reagan: Winning the Cold War. Retrieved from: http://www.historynet.com/president-ronald-reagan-winning-the-cold-war.htm [...]

]]> By: Gordon Sabaduquia http://www.historynet.com/president-ronald-reagan-winning-the-cold-war.htm#comment-662229 Gordon Sabaduquia Tue, 26 Jul 2011 10:39:42 +0000 #comment-662229 whose not who's leadership. whose not who's leadership.

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