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Originally Posted by SteveBollea
1. Reagan didn't win the Cold War, Gorbachev chose to lose it by not sending in the tanks then Eastern Europe started falling apart as people had been saying the USSR's spending was unsustainable since the 60's.
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For God's sakes...thank you!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!
As someone with a history major, who did an extensive concentration on Russian history (and Soviet history) I am tired beyond belief of the "Reagan won the Cold War" bullshit. It's patently untrue.
What you say here Steve is much closer to correct (not 100% correct, but as a broad generalization, to say "Gorbachev chose to lose the Cold War" is much closer to the truth than "Reagan won the Cold War.")