ronald reagan
news about the passing away of ronald reagan have been circulating all around mainstream media outlets for a few days now.
what the media presents, or wants to present to us, was a noble, humble, good, honest christian man who defeated communism in the former soviet union.
it is so often stated that ronald contributed to the fall of the soviet union with his star-wars program which the soviets could no keep up with. however, the soviet union was already in a dismal state by the time mikhail gorbatchov took position as the chairman of the communist party, that it was just a matter of time before the USSR would cease to exist. this would have happened with or without the help of ronald reagan.
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Reagan's Star Wars project did not bankrupt the Soviet Union into reform, as his admirers claim. In repeated statements as well as his budget allocations Gorbachev made it clear Moscow would not bother to match a dubious weapons system which could not give Washington "first-strike capability" for at least another 15 years, if ever.
The Soviet Union imploded for internal reasons, not least the erratic way Gorbachev reacted to the contradictory processes set in motion by his own reforms. Reagan was merely an uncomprehending bystander. His acceptance in his second term of detente was a u-turn which millions of peace activists in Europe had been demanding.
It was detente that made the end of the cold war possible, and without Reagan's blind anti-communism it could have come at least four years earlier.
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also, what the media "forgets" to present to us is the other side of ronald reagan...
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Can we remember effects of his deregulation policies that: (1)
Stopped the cleaning up of federal nuclear weapons facilities?
Resulted in bank interest rates becoming more competitive, but the crushing of smaller banks by the larger institutions.
Failed to make American goods competitive in the world market, and which led to increased consolidation rather than competition.
Resulted in an increase in natural gas prices. It also eased some of the country's dependence on foreign fuel but what is the level of dependence on foreign oil today?
That dropped airfares on high-traffic routes between major cities but included a massive increase in fares for short, low-traffic flights.
That restored some short-term competition to the marketplace but in the long term, competition also led to increased business failures and consolidation.
That gave birth to the Savings & Loan scandal, the largest theft in the history of the world, robbing the US tax payers of $1.4 Trillion Dollars.
In eight Reagan years, the gap between rich and poor Americans increased to more than it had been for half a century.
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and what about those weapons sold to iran to finance the contras in nicaragua?
in the hunt of one man, (ortega) an estimated 10-30000 people perished...
what about reagans special envoy, donald rumsfeld, shaking hands with the now deposed dictator of iraq, saddam hussein? the u.s. (and most of the western countries including germany and france) backing of iraq in the iraq-iran war, helping saddam to arm his troops (with chemical weapons) in a long war where millions died....
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Washington said nothing publicly, but noted "almost daily" Iraqi use of chemical weapons in internal reports.
"We have recently received additional information confirming Iraqi use of chemical weapons," a November 1, 1983 State Department memo said. "We also know that Iraq has acquired a CW production capability, primarily from western firms, including possibly a US foreign subsidiary."
It said "our best present chance of influencing cessation of CW use may be in the context of informing Iraq of these measures."
Washington did not publicly denounce Iraqi use of chemical weapons until March, 1984 after it was documented in a UN study.
The Reagan administration opened full diplomatic relations with Baghdad in November, 1984. Iraqi chemical attacks continued not only on Iranian forces but also on Kurdish civilians, notably at Hallabja in 1987.
For its support, Pollack wrote, Washington got a bulwhark against Iran, cheap oil and Iraqi support for peace neogtiations with Israel.
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in this time of universal deceit, it is important not to blindly accept everything the corporate controlled media shows us and wants us to hear.
especially in a time of war, propaganda is widely used (by governments) to influence people and to gain public support for more aggression against humanity.
a few good links i found while doing some research...
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_8873.shtml
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_8824.shtml
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_8888.shtml
peace,
jure
what the media presents, or wants to present to us, was a noble, humble, good, honest christian man who defeated communism in the former soviet union.
it is so often stated that ronald contributed to the fall of the soviet union with his star-wars program which the soviets could no keep up with. however, the soviet union was already in a dismal state by the time mikhail gorbatchov took position as the chairman of the communist party, that it was just a matter of time before the USSR would cease to exist. this would have happened with or without the help of ronald reagan.
-------------------------------------------------
Reagan's Star Wars project did not bankrupt the Soviet Union into reform, as his admirers claim. In repeated statements as well as his budget allocations Gorbachev made it clear Moscow would not bother to match a dubious weapons system which could not give Washington "first-strike capability" for at least another 15 years, if ever.
The Soviet Union imploded for internal reasons, not least the erratic way Gorbachev reacted to the contradictory processes set in motion by his own reforms. Reagan was merely an uncomprehending bystander. His acceptance in his second term of detente was a u-turn which millions of peace activists in Europe had been demanding.
It was detente that made the end of the cold war possible, and without Reagan's blind anti-communism it could have come at least four years earlier.
--------------------------------------------------
also, what the media "forgets" to present to us is the other side of ronald reagan...
--------------------------------------------------
Can we remember effects of his deregulation policies that: (1)
Stopped the cleaning up of federal nuclear weapons facilities?
Resulted in bank interest rates becoming more competitive, but the crushing of smaller banks by the larger institutions.
Failed to make American goods competitive in the world market, and which led to increased consolidation rather than competition.
Resulted in an increase in natural gas prices. It also eased some of the country's dependence on foreign fuel but what is the level of dependence on foreign oil today?
That dropped airfares on high-traffic routes between major cities but included a massive increase in fares for short, low-traffic flights.
That restored some short-term competition to the marketplace but in the long term, competition also led to increased business failures and consolidation.
That gave birth to the Savings & Loan scandal, the largest theft in the history of the world, robbing the US tax payers of $1.4 Trillion Dollars.
In eight Reagan years, the gap between rich and poor Americans increased to more than it had been for half a century.
-------------------------------------------------
and what about those weapons sold to iran to finance the contras in nicaragua?
in the hunt of one man, (ortega) an estimated 10-30000 people perished...
what about reagans special envoy, donald rumsfeld, shaking hands with the now deposed dictator of iraq, saddam hussein? the u.s. (and most of the western countries including germany and france) backing of iraq in the iraq-iran war, helping saddam to arm his troops (with chemical weapons) in a long war where millions died....
-----------------------------------------------------------
Washington said nothing publicly, but noted "almost daily" Iraqi use of chemical weapons in internal reports.
"We have recently received additional information confirming Iraqi use of chemical weapons," a November 1, 1983 State Department memo said. "We also know that Iraq has acquired a CW production capability, primarily from western firms, including possibly a US foreign subsidiary."
It said "our best present chance of influencing cessation of CW use may be in the context of informing Iraq of these measures."
Washington did not publicly denounce Iraqi use of chemical weapons until March, 1984 after it was documented in a UN study.
The Reagan administration opened full diplomatic relations with Baghdad in November, 1984. Iraqi chemical attacks continued not only on Iranian forces but also on Kurdish civilians, notably at Hallabja in 1987.
For its support, Pollack wrote, Washington got a bulwhark against Iran, cheap oil and Iraqi support for peace neogtiations with Israel.
----------------------------------------------------------
in this time of universal deceit, it is important not to blindly accept everything the corporate controlled media shows us and wants us to hear.
especially in a time of war, propaganda is widely used (by governments) to influence people and to gain public support for more aggression against humanity.
a few good links i found while doing some research...
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_8873.shtml
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_8824.shtml
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_8888.shtml
peace,
jure
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