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Originally Posted by stroller  Wasn't the wall torn down by the German people in the wake of East-Germany's overthrow of the Soviet puppet regime?
Actually, the Pope deserves more credit than Reagan for encouraging East-German desent. |
I agree with Stroll.
The Pope is not given enought credit by many Americans.
Reagan was one piece of a big puzzle.
The USSR basically self-imploded. The economy of the Soviet Union started declining at least by 1960 and the US knew it.
The CCCP was producing products that no one wanted to buy or use, and they also had waste, corruption/graft and inflation.
Reagan was one of many factors. But he wasn't the main factors.
I don't understand how people oversimply so easily.