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Post by Wynn Chester on Aug 30, 2022 22:10:26 GMT
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Post by McCann on Aug 30, 2022 22:46:49 GMT
Not many World Heads of State come away with the legacy and respect this man has.
History will appreciate him greatly you'd have to imagine.
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Post by ontheslate on Aug 31, 2022 6:18:26 GMT
Physically unimposing but his legacy is immense was responsible for ending the Cold War and helping to modernise Russia improving the life’s of many ex ussr citizens RIP
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Post by AlanH on Aug 31, 2022 7:26:17 GMT
A decent, open Russian leader. We could do with one of those now. RIP.
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Post by jjmolloy on Aug 31, 2022 12:39:15 GMT
A man of whom it can be genuinely said that he changed world history. RIP
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Post by chrisclark1977 on Aug 31, 2022 21:00:24 GMT
A true statesman who made the world safer. RIP, Mr Gorbachev.
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Post by ltd on Sept 2, 2022 21:37:33 GMT
Read The End of the Cold War by Robert Service a few years back, and it's really good on the situation in the USSR at the time. Gorbachev and his colleagues come across as decent people who realise that the world is changing and they can't carry on in the same old way. They're also human as well: Gorbachev returns from a visit to E.Germany and describes Honecker as an "ar*ehole" who's got no idea what's going on. Both Gorbachev and Reagan are depicted as sincere in their desire to reduce, if not eliminate, nuclear weapons.
The present Russian regime of course blames him for the parlous state their country got into post '89 but most of that is down to the Yeltsin years. It's a pity a great man should be traduced by his country, but I suppose it's a variation on the old maxim about a prophet being without honour in his own land.
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Post by jno on Sept 11, 2022 2:38:41 GMT
I remember seeing Reagan and Gorbachev shaking hands in the 80s and thinking "at last, we're all cool". I've never been a supporter of learning history, more a supporter of learning from history. Sadly, it doesn't happen and most of the time we go round in circles.
Gorbachev seemed like a decent bloke and the world needs more of these right now. RIP.
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