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To: Trump20162020

I can remember leading up to the November 1985 summit between Reagan and Gorbachev, Phil Donahue wheeled out the late Robert McNamara and McNamara spent an hour lecturing about Reagan and how dangerous he (McNamara) thought Reagan was and that SDI was a completely stupid idea and all sorts of other similar comments. So it seems, just as back then with someone like McNamara and his and LBJ’s record, these people will chide Trump over this as to cover their own inaction and failure.


17 posted on 06/12/2018 12:23:16 PM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966)
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I can remember leading up to the November 1985 summit between Reagan and Gorbachev ...

I remember that too and considered the source and accomplishments of McNamara, one of the most disastrous Defense Secretaries in history. One of JFK's real good decisions, he was ... and then LBJ doubled down to keep him there. When he wrote in his memoir that he never believed in the Vietnam effort, WHY THE 'H' DID HE STAY? I'm sure his grave is still guarded to keep him dry from the troops he sent to Vietnam.

Prior to that I also remember when the Democrats were endlessly critical of Reagan in the 1984 campaign for not having had a summit conference with the Soviet Union leader. Not surprising when Brezhnev (d.1982), then Andropov (d.1984) both died of old age / senility and their successor, Chernenko (d.1985), was on his deathbed. Facts have little to do with partisan politics and talking head hacks!

68 posted on 06/12/2018 12:47:41 PM PDT by SES1066 (Happiness is a depressed Washington, DC housing market!)
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