re: #102 William Barnett-Lewis

We’ve gone around on this one a few times. Suffice to say, it’s my belief the the US got lucky in just how fragile the Soviet economy was because after Ronnie got done the US wasn’t in much better shape. And even more lucky that Gorby could wrap Ronnie around his finger.

Gorby was able to do that so well he signed the IRBM treaty that implemented the ‘zero option’ Reagan had sought since the beginning of 1982. Reagan can hardly have been a patsy if the first key treaty was exactly what he wanted.