I remember the Reagan years. They were not “all hail Reagan”.
There were tons of dissenters and people who thought he was a half wit and a danger to the world. Frankly I was one of them. And Iran/Contra still ticks me off.
Michael Kinsley writes honestly in the LATimes about NOT wanting Obama to be emulating Reagan. Apparently in Obama’s image control to the center he’s convinced the media to compare him favorably with the man.
I’d say in one major way, Obama does well.
He decides on a course of action.
When the law or Congress says “nyet”, he just does it anyway. Reaganesque indeed.
In foreign policy….he decides on what is required and then does what is needed to get there no matter who gets screwed. (UK? Israel?)
[UPDATE: Maybe not. ABC news is saying this is and old agreement and everyone new about it.]
Although the treaty [New START] was not supposed to have any impact on Britain, the leaked cables show that Russia used the talks to demand more information about the UK’s Trident missiles, which are manufactured and maintained in the US.
Washington lobbied London in 2009 for permission to supply Moscow with detailed data about the performance of UK missiles. The UK refused, but the US agreed to hand over the serial numbers of Trident missiles it transfers to Britain.
Seeing as how this was in Wikileaks yet the Telegraph has the scoop, can we assume American Journalists are just not bothering with research at all?
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