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Article #17518Re: My recommendation for "Quote of the week" (was: Re: Ronald Reagan confesses: "I have Alzheimer's.")
From: Keith Kluksdahl
Date: Thu, 01 Dec 1994 17:58
Date: Thu, 01 Dec 1994 17:58
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Des Herriott (dnh@mfltd.co.uk) wrote:
: fredw@mcdata.com (Yabba Dabba Dude) wrote:
: >
: >>>* Ended cold war with help of star-wars trump card. FACT
: >>
: > Des>Bullshit. Almost got the entire planet nuked with star-wars "trump
: > Des>card" 'cos he was too senile to understand the madness he was
: > Des>perpetrating. What ended the Cold War was the Eastern European people
: > Des>(spurred on by Gorbachev's reforms) deciding they'd had enough.
: >
: >Oh goodie, another cliched liberal! Go have a Gorbasm with Kevin, I'm sure
: >you'll both enjoy it.
: Care to back that last claim up? That's how the Cold War did end - the
: U.S. had nothing to do with it. Eastern European people simply decided
: that they'd had enough of the whole communist mess.
: --
: Des Herriott, Systems Programmer | dnh@mfltd.co.uk
: Micro Focus, Newbury UK. | +44 1635 565354
The Soviet's were bankrupt trying to keep their military machine going.
That was a response to our military spending. We had plenty to do
with it. Have you ever heard what Thatcher said was the reason?
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Keith Kluksdahl
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I used to be a civil engineer. Well, actually, I've never been civil.
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