So where was Gorbachev in all this, playing chess?

11-10-09, 03:20 PM

I've notice countless articles about the Fall of the Berlin Wall and there are even several posts about the Wall coming down way back in 89', But I have yet to see one single acknowledgment of the real reason the wall fell....Mihail Gorbachev.

If it were not for his brilliant politics against "The Evil Empire" that managed to end the Cold War and to secure the safety of Russia that wall may have still been there to this very day!

Thank you Mihail for your part in making it possible for the wall to fall.

You sir, Rock!

AVGWarhawk · 11-10-09, 03:23 PM

Agreed. Much an integral part of the entire history behind this signifigant event as the Berlin Wall falling. It was a series of fortunate events crafted or otherwise resulting in the fall of the wall. He was not alone in this venture.

VipertheSniper · 11-10-09, 03:43 PM

Ugh... thread fail

Biggles · 11-10-09, 04:02 PM

He didn't win the Nobel Peace Prize without a reason

Onkel Neal · 11-10-09, 04:23 PM

That's rightz, same as Obama!

Thanks, Gorby, for being slightly less meglamaniacal than the previous Soviet dictators and being naive enough to think a communist police state could co-exist with freedom of speech and thought.

Aramike · 11-10-09, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

That's rightz, same as Obama!

Thanks, Gorby, for being slightly less meglamaniacal than the previous Soviet dictators and being naive enough to think a communist police state could co-exist with freedom of speech and thought.

Its just more of the typical anti-American rhetoric from the same guy who claimed that the USSR didn't increase military spending in response to Reagan's spending.

I really don't think OTH has a clue what he's talking about.

AVGWarhawk · 11-10-09, 04:38 PM

Come on guys...I was attempting to throw OTH off the track by agreeing with him

Oberon · 11-10-09, 05:09 PM

No, he was playing Hop-scotch with Reagan.

Next question, please

Stealth Hunter · 11-10-09, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

No, he was playing Hop-scotch with Reagan.

Next question, please

Cold War Political Tension Hop-Scotch...

Oberon · 11-10-09, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Stealth Hunter

Cold War Political Tension Hop-Scotch...

August · 11-10-09, 09:07 PM

11-11-09, 03:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Biggles

He didn't win the Nobel Peace Prize without a reason

True. But you see many of these Americans are actually racists and bigots, that's why they respond in said manner.

Onkel Neal · 11-11-09, 09:33 AM

Oh. Now I feel sad.

Oberon · 11-11-09, 09:36 AM

Irony = OTH post coming after an American posting a picture of Gorbachev paying his respects to a fallen American.

goldorak · 11-11-09, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

That's rightz, same as Obama!

Thanks, Gorby, for being slightly less meglamaniacal than the previous Soviet dictators and being naive enough to think a communist police state could co-exist with freedom of speech and thought.

I wouldn't be so condescending as Cuba is still communist country and a thorn in side for the US, and lets not even mention Cina a communist state by any definition, and no the "liberal" economic system doesn't make Cina the land of the free. Are the Cinese leaders being naive enough to think a police state can co-exist with a liberal economic system ?

It works well enough for them though.

11-10-09, 03:20 PM	#1
OneToughHerring Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	So where was Gorbachev in all this, playing chess? I've notice countless articles about the Fall of the Berlin Wall and there are even several posts about the Wall coming down way back in 89', But I have yet to see one single acknowledgment of the real reason the wall fell....Mihail Gorbachev. If it were not for his brilliant politics against "The Evil Empire" that managed to end the Cold War and to secure the safety of Russia that wall may have still been there to this very day! Thank you Mihail for your part in making it possible for the wall to fall. You sir, Rock!

11-10-09, 03:23 PM	#2
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Agreed. Much an integral part of the entire history behind this signifigant event as the Berlin Wall falling. It was a series of fortunate events crafted or otherwise resulting in the fall of the wall. He was not alone in this venture. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road Last edited by AVGWarhawk; 11-10-09 at 03:48 PM.

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Biggles Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Sweden (I'm not a Viking...) Posts: 3,529 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	He didn't win the Nobel Peace Prize without a reason __________________

11-10-09, 04:23 PM	#5
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,383 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	That's rightz, same as Obama! Thanks, Gorby, for being slightly less meglamaniacal than the previous Soviet dictators and being naive enough to think a communist police state could co-exist with freedom of speech and thought. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

11-10-09, 04:38 PM	#7
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Come on guys...I was attempting to throw OTH off the track by agreeing with him __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

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VipertheSniper Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Austria Posts: 1,070 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Ugh... thread fail

11-10-09, 05:09 PM	#8
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	No, he was playing Hop-scotch with Reagan. Next question, please

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August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	__________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

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Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,383 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Oh. Now I feel sad. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

11-11-09, 09:36 AM	#14
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Irony = OTH post coming after an American posting a picture of Gorbachev paying his respects to a fallen American.