[Sherman Logan]

Reagan foreign policy was based on facing down the existential threat of the USSR.

Since the US faces nothing similar, it is IMO a little silly to talk about returning to Reagan’s foreign policy.

I’m sure Reagan himself would be the first to agree that different challenges require different policies.

[Principled]

Reagan foreign policy was based on facing down the existential threat of the USSR.

Since the US faces nothing similar, it is IMO a little silly to talk about returning to Reagan’s foreign policy.

The existential threat we face is there IMO.

“When it comes to dealing with radical Islamic terrorists who are crucifying Christians and beheading children, what our foreign policy needs is not additional empathy. It needs clarity, force and resolve to defend the United States of America.”

It's clarity, force, and resolve he wants to replicate - not tearing down the berlin wall.

[Fresh Wind]

It's not silly at all.

Of course times have changed, but a foreign policy based on strength and consistency is what Cruz is talking about, and that was the basis of Reagan's policy.

What we have now is a foreign policy of weakness, apology, "flexibility", and lies, and that isn't working at all.

[kitkat]

“Since the US faces nothing similar, it is IMO a little silly to talk about returning to Reagan’s foreign policy.”

What do you call Putin’s attack on Ukraine? The USSR still exists with another name.