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Re: A Plea for Caution From Russia

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Reagan, oh yes, lets remember what he did.
The Iran–Contra affair, selling arms to Iran...
He's lucky he wasn't impeached.

I've never understood how republicans took to Reagan, the Hollywood B-actor.

Reagan's 'Star Wars' made the USSR go broke. That's the reason the cold war melted.

The Congress won't close Gitmo. They don't think those held could be held in our prisons. Foolish, we have some strong prisons.

Many Americans prefer drones to troops being at risk.
And truth be told, many don't mind the global spying, part of our 'exceptionalism' in a weird way.

Listen, I always believed Obama wasn't ready for the job. He made a few good speeches and Hillary voted to go to war based on the phony info being feed to the Congress.
He's doing the best he can under the circumstances.




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Re: A Plea for Caution From Russia
By: Cactus Flower
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Thu, 12 Sep 13 8:14 PM
Msg. 14716 of 54959

Hi clo,

These are all internal issues.

He has had a free hand on foreign policy. He has pursued actions which show a narrow definition of self-interest (eg drones, global spying) but not so much with a broader view.

Eg he went to Egypt and made a speech encouraging freedom and democracy in the Arab world. But when the time came, he was too fastidious to get involved in the events of the Arab spring. Now it has fizzled with nothing accomplished.

Heck, he hasn't even managed to do anything about Gitmo.

He could have been a reconciler. He still could be. But he is so focussed on American wants that he just hasn't managed to do anything big on the world stage.

Compare him with Reagan/Thatcher/Gorbachev. They ended the cold war. He has accomplished almost nothing.

Okay - he is better than Bush/Cheney. But that is a very low bar.


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