Daily Rant – April 23, 2009
April 23, 2009
The truth about ending the cold war needs to be known. Gorbachev gets credit from the left for it from the left, while they portray Reagan as a dunce who stood by while Mikhail made it happen. Not so true.
Take the time to look up Tony Robbin’s “Time of Your Life” set. On one of the last tapes in the set, he relates his story of how he time managed two days in which he interviewed Gorbachev about how he ended the cold war. Although it was hard to get him to open up at first, even after “donating” his airplane to take him and his wife to a summit meeting with George Bush and several other world leaders. But Tony tells of striking up a conversation with Gorbachev’s wife and Mikhail interrupts to correct the record.
So Tony asks him about the end of the cold war and what pivotal moment it happened. After some thought, Gorbachev slaps his leg and says he knows the exact moment.
Apparently he and Reagan were arguing during a meeting. Gorbachev was telling Reagan about the evils of capitalism and Reagan was telling Gorbachev about the evils of communism. At a point where the conversation was so heated, Reagan stood up and started to walk away when he spun around with a huge smile on his face and stuck out his hand.
“This is not going well,” said Reagan, “Let’s start over. My name is Ronald. May I call you Mikhail?”
The story still brings tears to my eyes when I think of two leaders, so diametrically opposed, can set aside differences and start talking. Make no mistake, it was Reagan who started the discussion!
- FedUpEditor
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