From: Phil Payne 

> What about the Reagan argument? It's obvious to many people that Reagan
> was missing quite a few screws while President. Yet, other people now say
> that Reagan was a master tactician (or a master delegator - take your
> pick). The USSR didn't just fail - it was all due to the masterly tactics
> of the Reagan administration.

It would have failed anyway.  Reagan wasn't responsible in any way for
getting Gorbachev elected, and his reform processes gave people the way
out.

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