Politics in those days were much more interesting. Today's politicians are like moronic clowns in comparison to those leaders, you respected the leaders back then even though they made a lot of bad decisions and were certainly not impeccable.
Gorby should be in our prayers every night. Without his efforts along with those of Reagan and Thatcher (whatever you think of them) we would have all been fried in the 1980s. Check out the British nuclear horror film Threads. I crapped myself when that aired.
its from a docuemntary called the cold war, its easy to find on youtube but if im honest its extremely lousy, pro western and so on, if you want a real documentary check out "the cold war game" by terry flaxton, its on youtube one documentary for each superpower
With the survival of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty now in question, and the seeming political convergence around hawkish policy maneuvers in both the United States and Russia more generally, how meaningful are these accomplishments at this point?
Gorbachev is not a realist, or his reforms would not have failed so spectacularly. He attempted to move linearly towards a Western political and economic system without due regard to local conditions.
@@SCP-5000 how come give people freedom is not praiseworthy ? This is not about east vs west. This is about freedom and prosperity. Russians enjoy levels of freedom today because of Gorbachev. The whole system of communism needed to collapse. It was damaging the morale and the stomach of every Russian. Not to mention millions of non Russian who were obligated to live under the Russian boot. Russia got it wrong, while the west was prospering and living as free creatures after the wwii, the Russian and everyone under their imposed regime were living in misery and like robots.
If only we didn't have Jimmy Carter & All the damage he caused across the world, there would be no Iran problems, Israel would still be on the Suez canal making it a viable country & those 2 together would've made the middle east a fully peaceful part of the world with Jews, Arabs & Persians United & peaceful. & China wouldn't be such a problem either & much more.
Politics in those days were much more interesting. Today's politicians are like moronic clowns in comparison to those leaders, you respected the leaders back then even though they made a lot of bad decisions and were certainly not impeccable.
especially DJ trump
@@oldtechnobodycaresabout ...and Joe Biden with all his insane gaffes. You replaced Trump with Biden... what were you thinking???
@@robert4you no I did not, I'm British I have no voting rights in the USA
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You had only one mistake, you said: "Today's politicians are like moronic clowns"
Drop the "Like" Today's Politicians ARE Moronic Clowns.
Beautiful... Regards Nijender Kumar prajapati India
Ronald Reagan has really influenced with his own policy in the USSR transformation.
All of these pieces seem to be part (clips) from a full length documentary. Does anyone know what it is or where these clips came from?
CNN Cold War documentary series
Tearing up so much.. Love Gorbachev and Reagan
The two can reunite in hell when Gorbachev finally kicks it
... the fax machine...
omg it's still being used in Japan.
Cool...thanks. I will check it out.
Gorbachev is a great man. Hats off to gorbachev..
Hendy Widjaja fuck off
Every time I hear Kenneth Branaugh's voice, I think of the BBC Prehistoric's "Walking with..." documentaries.
They still got crazy upset when they found out about Tetris
HAIL TO GORBACHEV
Gorby should be in our prayers every night. Without his efforts along with those of Reagan and Thatcher (whatever you think of them) we would have all been fried in the 1980s. Check out the British nuclear horror film Threads. I crapped myself when that aired.
Defence minister, marshal Sergey Sokolov was dismissed after the Mathias Rust incident
Gorbachev may have become a similar personality to Obama in this current era of information everywhere
its from a docuemntary called the cold war, its easy to find on youtube but if im honest its extremely lousy, pro western and so on, if you want a real documentary check out "the cold war game" by terry flaxton, its on youtube one documentary for each superpower
With the survival of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty now in question, and the seeming political convergence around hawkish policy maneuvers in both the United States and Russia more generally, how meaningful are these accomplishments at this point?
It is unfortunate Gorbachev is not presently Russia's leader instead of Putin. Gorbachev is a realist and a rational reformer. Putin is an egomaniac.
Gorbachev is not a realist, or his reforms would not have failed so spectacularly. He attempted to move linearly towards a Western political and economic system without due regard to local conditions.
@@SCP-5000 how come give people freedom is not praiseworthy ? This is not about east vs west. This is about freedom and prosperity. Russians enjoy levels of freedom today because of Gorbachev. The whole system of communism needed to collapse. It was damaging the morale and the stomach of every Russian. Not to mention millions of non Russian who were obligated to live under the Russian boot. Russia got it wrong, while the west was prospering and living as free creatures after the wwii, the Russian and everyone under their imposed regime were living in misery and like robots.
If only we didn't have Jimmy Carter & All the damage he caused across the world, there would be no Iran problems, Israel would still be on the Suez canal making it a viable country & those 2 together would've made the middle east a fully peaceful part of the world with Jews, Arabs & Persians United & peaceful. & China wouldn't be such a problem either & much more.
It was real evuil empire and will go in the history as biggest crime on humanity ever
I would appreciate if you could elaborate on that. If you are still alive, that is...