On Jun 15, 12:07 pm, zzpat <zzpatr...@gmail.com> wrote:

Gandalf Grey wrote:

Gorbachev: "No, actually it's worse than that, comrade. We must also
cease
to exist as a country. Because of Reagan's build-up, we will henceforth
be
breaking the Soviet Union into fifteen separate countries. And we, my
friends, no longer have our jobs, because the country we serve no
longer
exists."

Entire cabinet: Gasps, sighs, general consternation. "But why?!?!"

Gorbachev: "Because, my short-sighted former comrades, there are
important
myths to be served for the American right, and that, of course, is and
must
be our first priority."

Cabinet: "Ohhhhh... well, yes, of course. Now that you put it that
way..."

And that's the true story, improbable as it may seem, of how Ronald
Reagan
won the Cold War. The meeting was adjourned. The Soviet Union was
demolished. And the heroic story of Reagan the Savior was preserved.
Almost
as if it came out of some B-rate Hollywood western...
_______

Or... the people of the former USSR were given the right to free
elections and they voted communists out of power and the wall came
tumbling down.

Ziggers, this simply never happened. There was no such election. The
communists in the Soviet Union were not voted out of power. Read
about
the end of communism in the Soviet Union here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Coup_of_1991

Like so many other things, you have a fantasy version of history which
buttresses your ignorant biases. Get real. Learn some things.

Reagan and the American right wing still don't understand the greatness
of what America used to be - free. As we've seen in recent years free
elections can destroy us as fast as they destroyed the Soviet Union.

As the later is a figment of your imagination, there's a good chance
the former
is as well, right?

We
voted for fools and cowards and they used the power we gave them to
destroy the reputation of the United States and everything we ever stood
for.

The strongest weapon ever devised by man is called "free elections."

Communists don't allow free elections, Ziggs.

This weapon doesn't have to be dropped for it work but it needs people
to get off their collective asses and vote for new people. The Soviets
did it and so can we.

The Soviets never did.

We did. We put in Reagan instead of Dhimmi and won the Cold War.