question for gop: when reagan hated russia and said "tear down this wall", was he being un-american?

[unblock]

that oughta really confuse them....

[hlthe2b]

1. I have been asking this (re: wall) since the primaries

Why was that not the 24/7 talking point against them?

[moondust]

2. Interestingly,

the builders of that wall also claimed it was to keep some "undesirables" out.

[David__77]

3. Reagan was dangerous.

Mondale should have wiped the floor with him. Detente and peaceful relations with the Soviet Union was the right policy.

[ronnie624]

5. +1

Without the Reagan administration, things would have turned out differently in Afghanistan, that's for sure. I think the Middle East would be considerably less violent, too. The attacks on 9/11 would have been highly unlikely.

[Achilleaze]

4. Latter day repubes are PISSING all over Ronald Reagan's grave

Today's repubes may say otherwise, but they obviously HATE Ronald Reagan and everything he stood for.

In particular, repubes are PISSING all over his warnings about Russia.

[Doreen]

6. I could not stand Reagan but

he seems like the last GOP who was against Russia. The two Bush's kept their attention on the Middle East more. Now I may be remembering wrong but that seems like what happened.