(Kalter Krieg) Reagan, ein vernünftiger Politiker oder ein Rassist der neue

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@Kurosh naja bin da imemrnoch etwas skeptisch - hab mal n Buch mit gesammelten Gorbatschowreden gelesen - da gings nirgends um Abschaffung sondern um reformen ...
naj atangiert nur periphaer hier den thread....


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Europe Recalls Reagan Fondly; Arabs Don't

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By JASON KEYSER, Associated Press Writer

LONDON - Former President Ronald Reagan (news - web sites) was remembered across Europe for his role in breaking down Cold War divisions and opening the path to independence for Soviet bloc nations. Arab nations recalled the Reagan days as a dark period.
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Die Reaktionen aus der arabischen Welt sind "interssant" um es mal so auszudruecken *g*


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DUTCH COURAGE
Ronald Reagan, 1911-2004

All Saturday across the networks, media grandees who’d voted for Carter and Mondale, just like all their friends did, tried to explain the appeal of Ronald Reagan. He was “The Great Communicator”, he had a wonderful sense of humour, he had a charming smile… self-deprecating… the tilt of his head…
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Unlike these men, unlike most other senior Republicans, Ronald Reagan saw Soviet Communism for what it was: a great evil. Millions of Europeans across half a continent from Poland to Bulgaria, Slovenia to Latvia live in freedom today because he acknowledged that simple truth when the rest of the political class was tying itself in knots trying to pretend otherwise. That’s what counts. He brought down the “evil empire”, and all the rest is fine print.
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