I did like that post, Bronco, we definitely would have a hell of a time at a bar!

I am not sure what group I did or did not claim, but hey, what do I know? Just wonder if you can point me to these talking points. Perhaps I can sue for them stealing my schtick!

I don't agree with a lot of Halsy's comments, actually But it was like 20 vs 1 and without him explaining why he feels as he does about his comments, I jumped right in and decided to add a little perspective. I think it worked quite well!

Carter, yeah, goober doesn't just explain what he gre on the farm. You must admit, though, he was a lame duck due to lack of political support. I'm definitely not saying his ideas were any good

Now what did Reagan do to bring down communism? The same thing Nixon and Ford did. They fed the military machine billions and the Soviet Union went bankrupt, except that was just a pleasant side-effect.

I'll answer your question if you can give me some reference points, like foreign policy towards...?

Talk about twisting Ho Chi Minh wasn't the bad guy American history books made him out to be. Even LBJ said we misunderstood him. He wanted to free his country from French rule and unite it, much like Lincoln wanted to keep the US united, thus the civil war. Read a few books from southern asian historians and you'll get a very different view of Uncle Ho.

Now if I had said Pol Pot...


And I did think of another thing I liked about Reagan, but it went away before I could get to it. Oh wait! I re-read your post and thought of it again! He did very well with the UN and raising the reputation of the US throughout the world, until the South America and Iran debacles came up at least