The Poles Know Who Won The Cold War

I saw a Democrat on a talking head show the other day (no, I don't remember who. They all read from the same script though), and he was trying to make the case that it was Jimmy Carter who in fact brought down the Soviet Union.

It was all the speeches that Carter had given on human rights that did it.

Those who were liberated from the Soviet yoke know better.

It took a leader with a vision to convince them that there are greater things worth fighting for. Did he seek any profit in such a policy? Though our freedom movements were in line with the foreign policy of the United States, I doubt it.

I distinguish between two kinds of politicians. There are those who view politics as a tactical game, a game in which they do not reveal any individuality, in which they lose their own face. There are, however, leaders for whom politics is a means of defending and furthering values. For them, it is a moral pursuit. They do so because the values they cherish are endangered. They're convinced that there are values worth living for, and even values worth dying for. Otherwise they would consider their life and work pointless. Only such politicians are great politicians and Ronald Reagan was one of them.

Listen up Bush. You can still win in November and in Iraq.