[Torie]

It was not the conventional wisdom at the time. But there was one man who saw beyond the looking glass at the time that I know of. Do you know who that was? Yep, you guessed it - that most estimable Senators - one of the greatest to ever serve in that body - that Democrat - Daniel Patrick Moynihan.

If Todd Fahey reads this, it will drive him nuts (well that implies he is not currently nuts, which would be an errant implication, so I should say, push him yet farther away from any hope of recovery). I hope he does.

[Tailgunner Joe]

Daniel Moynihan did correctly predict the demise of the Soviet Union, but only so he could suggest that our military buildup was unnecessary because the CIA "exonerated" the Soviet threat. He wasted no time after the fall of the Soviet collapse, suggesting that the hated CIA should be abolished.

Furthermore, he claimed that the Venona cables were kept secret from Truman. In fact Truman was warned that the government was infiltrated by Communists, but ignored the threat.

Trying To Wish Reagan Away - According to Mr. Moynihan, he said (Gorbachev) wanted to "free international relations from ideology and seek unity through diversity." He also said the Soviet Union "no longer aspired to be the bearer of the ultimate truth." ...for Mr. Moynihan, a couple of sentences by Mr. Gorbachev had done it all. "It was over," he writes. "The Berlin Wall came down, the Soviet Union dissolved." Just like that?