Reagan was a weak and blustering president, completely driven by his advisors in the mold of Hollywood's Governor Schwarzenegger.
The most recent escalation of American animosity in the world and putting the wagons in a circle started in his presidency and continues today, to the frustration of America's would-be allies.
Communism - the great traditional enemy of America - was already failing, and Gorbachev was a reformist leader from the start. However - the Star Wars program (even though it was unimplementable) scared the Soviet Union military, as they were unable to fund an equal defense shield. I was briefly in Moscow during that period and saw the propoganda. That did speed up the collapse of Russia and the Eastern Bloc. So 2 stars for that, Pardner, but bad overall because you are part of the reason I hate the world I live in today.
