He had the guts to call them out and inform the world about how the soviet citizens were being exploited by their govt. His policies encouraged the people in the soviet states to declare independence from the USSR.
I know that the Reagan haters like to rewrite history, but I lived it. They cannot rewrite my memory.
Far be it from me to say you're mis-remembering but you may be suffering/enjoying selective memory. Does your recall, (something Reagan claimed he didn't have) recall when Reagan went on national
TV and-----and from the Oval Office no less, begged for forgiveness from the nation for being a piss-poor manager. WOW, Reagan's excuse for being outta-da-loop on Iran-Contra was-was/is..., his own ******* incompetence. And yet-----and yet Reagan is a Republican hero. Republicans are a stuh-range collective.
"A few months ago I told the American people I did not trade arms for hostages. My heart and my best intentions still tell me that's true, but the facts and the evidence tell me it is not." ~ Ronald Reagan, March 4, 1987
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That pretty well explains your world view. You obviously do not have the ability to comprehend complex subjects, and consequently, you derive simplistic conclusions based on preconceived ideological dogma.
Have you perhaps forgotten, or maybe missed, the fact that Admiral Poindexter testified, under oath, that he deliberately kept Reagan in the dark over Iran/contra?
It is absolutely amazing how much misinformation, half truths, and vague rumors, are part and parcel of left wing ideology. Much like the idea that Reagan conspired with Iran not to release the hostages. That was fully vetted at the time, and found to be a complete lie. Bush could not have been where the loons claimed he was, and the proof of that was solid. After the dumbass claim was discredited, the conspiracy loons came up with several other variations and they were also discredited.
But, today that claim lives on in the hearts of the misinformed lefties.