On Feb 7, 2008, at 1:36 PM, Chris Doss wrote:
> --- Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> but he crushed the Nicaraguan
>> revolution and did more
>> than a little to bring down the USSR.
>
> Gorbachev does not agree with you. :)
Yeah, Gorby helped destroy the USSR, didn't he?
But the Soviet elite realized it couldn't match the U.S. arms buildup, no?