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...Reagan's luck was to find a nation in trouble - in post-Vietnam retreat and disorientation. His political genius was to restore its spirit. And his legacy was winning the longest war in American history, the long twilight struggle of the cold...
...Reagan presidency began with an America in crisis. Inflation and recession choked the economy; humiliation in Vietnam and Iran had eroded its confidence in projecting power on the Cold War geopolitical stage even as the Soviets began expanding their empire into Afghanistan and a friendly dictatorship in Nicaragua fell to Leftist rebels. He shook up Washington with his simple faith in the free market and tax cuts to solve economic problems, and with the projection of military power, directly or via proxies, as the means of taking the fight to the Soviet Union, which he famously proclaimed an "Evil Empire...
...party. To be sure, the guiding principles of the presidency of George W. Bush are those introduced by President Reagan: Smaller government, reduced taxes and the confident projection of military against perceived threats abroad. Reagan believed America had paralyzed itself in the wake of the bruising it suffered in Vietnam, and saw reversing that psychology of caution over the use of force as an important goal if the confrontation with communism was to be pursued. He bombed Libya in 1986 after determining that it had authored a terror attack on U.S. servicemen in Berlin, and sent U.S. troops to invade...
...Lessons of D-day Sixty years ago, America and its allies launched the greatest invasion in history. Are there echoes of that noble struggle in Iraq, or is Vietnam a more apt analogy...
...Democratic Leadership Council is, famously, a centrist organization but, infamously, not a very moderate one. Al From created it in 1985 to transcend the smug, knee-jerk rigidity that overwhelmed the Dems after Vietnam. From was convinced that a new political deal was possible, that liberal ends could be achieved through conservative means. Fiscal responsibility (and free trade) could produce economic growth. Tough-minded welfare reform could reduce poverty. A dose of entrepreneurship would improve American education, health care and environmental protection. The DLC gleefully assaulted the reactionary left--the trade unions and bureaucrats who had a stake...