Oh give me a freakin' break.
Reagan didn't CAUSE the Soviet Union's downfall. The were in the process of digging their own grave economically long before Reagan came onto the scene.

If anything, Reagan may have accelerated the process on a time-scale of months. To give Reagan credit for causing the downfall is to ignore the gross problems that were inherent to the Soviet Union's actions and structure.


And AGAIN, it's like there is a memory lapse which ignores the fact that there WAS A PRESIDENT inbetween Clinton and Reagan.
Does anybody remember Bush Sr?
After the collapse during Reagan, why didn't he scale back the military and balance the budget?

Is "fiscal responsibility" a foreign concept to some conservatives?
People talk about the "sacrifice" that happened during the previous wars, but where is the talk of SACRIFICE to pay for THIS war?
Oh. You mean that would involve NOT cutting taxes for the rich??? Heaven Forbid!