10-04-2013, 01:02 AM
I think Charles liked this so much because it showed that the hard right on both sides tried to head off any kind of detente.
There is some truth to that.
After JFK was murdered, Brezhnev used Nikita's now weakened position to displace him.
Another example, at Iceland, the hard right, like Perle, wanted Reagan to turn down the great offer by Gorby in order to keep Star Wars fantasy going but also to weaken Gorbachev.
THey got what they wanted with Yeltsin. And the almost complete destruction of the Soviet economy. THat is one of the great untold crimes of the last century.
There is some truth to that.
After JFK was murdered, Brezhnev used Nikita's now weakened position to displace him.
Another example, at Iceland, the hard right, like Perle, wanted Reagan to turn down the great offer by Gorby in order to keep Star Wars fantasy going but also to weaken Gorbachev.
THey got what they wanted with Yeltsin. And the almost complete destruction of the Soviet economy. THat is one of the great untold crimes of the last century.