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5 Jun 2004, 22:01
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Still Dreadnought
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Reagan Dead
Thatcher won't be happy
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5 Jun 2004, 22:03
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The Twilight of the Gods
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Re: Reagan Dead
Link? There's nothing about it on BBC news as of yet.
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5 Jun 2004, 22:04
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Mr. Blobby
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Re: Reagan Dead
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5 Jun 2004, 22:04
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The Twilight of the Gods
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Re: Reagan Dead
Oh well, can't say I'm exactly distressed.
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5 Jun 2004, 22:04
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Twang Twang
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Re: Reagan Dead
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5 Jun 2004, 22:06
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the merciless
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Re: Reagan Dead
Now the bush administration can do a quick u-turn on stem cell research again.
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5 Jun 2004, 22:07
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J to the C to the A G E
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Re: Reagan Dead
Last edited by LHC; 5 Jun 2004 at 22:07.
Reason: removed "if true"
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5 Jun 2004, 22:07
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Lord Denning
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Re: Reagan Dead
Quote:
Originally Posted by Zharkov
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The BBC really needs to learn to update the captions on their pictures.
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5 Jun 2004, 22:09
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The Twilight of the Gods
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Re: Reagan Dead
Quote:
Originally Posted by Proteus
The BBC really needs to learn to update the captions on their pictures.
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The BBC online is not known for its proofreading.
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5 Jun 2004, 22:16
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Darling
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Re: Reagan Dead
(i made that)
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5 Jun 2004, 22:22
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Gone
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Re: Reagan Dead
Let's hope God has mercy on the blundering old fart. [/insensitivity.]
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6 Jun 2004, 13:08
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Godfather
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Re: Reagan Dead
I wonder whether God will punish him for his illegal activity whilst in office.
The American people sure as hell didnt.
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7 Jun 2004, 03:55
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Snake of the Sand
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Re: Reagan Dead
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Originally Posted by JammyJim
I wonder whether God will punish him for his illegal activity whilst in office.
The American people sure as hell didnt.
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You act like we really cared. :P Not really sure anyone outside of the government gave a damn, really. We got our people back and some anti-communist gorrilas got some lunch money.
Anyway, he was the president of my childhood, so it's sad to see it. Old bugger that he was, he still managed to do a good bit.
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7 Jun 2004, 05:16
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Old Man O Deh *****s
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Re: Reagan Dead
Won the Cold War by bankrupting the Soviet Union and starting global nuclear disarmament.
Good job that man, I think most men in the US would try and 'Win one for The Gipper'
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7 Jun 2004, 10:07
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Godfather
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Re: Reagan Dead
he didnt really win the cold war as such.
everything ive read seems to suggest that Gorbachov coming to power and his 'openess' policy kinda created the inevitability of collapse. Reagan just happened to be there when it was all hapenning.
I am fairly 100% certain he had the chance to start complete nuclear disarmament too. (as in a reduction to 0 - 0) for both sides but turned it down because he wouldnt surrended SDI which was
a) not even built
b) most people said would never work
c) would be totally negated if noone had any nukes in the first place
(Iceland conference)
However his beaming smile and his dashing good looks
sigh.
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7 Jun 2004, 15:33
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Gone
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Re: Reagan Dead
The Soviet military budget peaked in 1975, and stayed pretty consistent after that, (1% increases adjusted for inflation.) with a slight increase between 1985-1988. (4% increases each year, AFAIK.) So Reagan hardly bankrupted The USSR.
Tbh, The Soviet Union was doomed pretty much by about 1975 as a result of Brezhnev's complete ineptness and the inherent problems of the system. After that it was just a question of how and when it was going to disapear, not if.
Last edited by Marilyn Manson; 7 Jun 2004 at 15:49.
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7 Jun 2004, 15:48
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J to the C to the A G E
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Re: Reagan Dead
Communist Russia was doomed because of human nature!
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7 Jun 2004, 15:56
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Gone
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Re: Reagan Dead
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Originally Posted by LHC
Communist Russia was doomed because of human nature!
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It was doomed because it was both a political and economic cripple. This much is undeniable.
Whether you attribute this status to 'human nature' or bad governance or whatever, that was the situation that the system was generally in. And it was an unsustainable one.
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