a very firm, principled man, who would call it as he saw it...he called the Soviet Union the Evil Empire and was crucified by the left for not being diplomatic...he negotiated and DEMANDED, and until his demands were met, he was ready to walk out of any negotiations...he was hated very much in Europe back then, and even here by the far-left...but the truth was the matter is he was very successful...so until we have strong leaders like him again, we will never be able to achieve real peace...
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DURING the spring of 1987, American conservatives were becoming disenchanted with Ronald Reagan’s increasingly conciliatory approach to Mikhail Gorbachev.