Reagan Myth and Distorted History of Reagan Era in American Mind
source: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100253947
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As a foreigner living in the US, I was amazed to see how many Americans view Reagan as the person who supposedly "defeated" the Soviet Union. This strange myth and many others are described in the book "Tear Down This Myth: How the Reagan Legacy Has Distorted Our Politics and Haunts Our Future". The writer, Will Bunch, describes how this myth was created largely by Washington conservatives in the 1990s, who wanted a hero who they could associate with the conservative agenda.
As a person who still remembers Reagan "Iran-Contra" affair and his relationship with hard-liner part of the Iranian government, I hope the younger generation reads this book to know more about this horrible disgusting president of the United States, and what he did to this country and to the world.
As a person who still remembers Reagan "Iran-Contra" affair and his relationship with hard-liner part of the Iranian government, I hope the younger generation reads this book to know more about this horrible disgusting president of the United States, and what he did to this country and to the world.
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kennymotown
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Reagan was a joke and his handlers new he was suffering from alzheimers and got what they wanted the destruction of our government from the budgets that put this country in a 4 trillion dollar hole and opened the door for George W Bush to double it. Most people that admire the gipper Reagan are oblivious to what he did to destroy our country and don't know that right off the bat every budget since his presidency we pay as tax payers 300 billion dollars in interest on the money he borrowed for such things as star wars that hasn't worked to this day. If I had the chance I would piss on his grave.
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