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Line 361: − − ===Nicaragua=== − {{main|Iran-Contra affair|Nicaragua v. United States}} − One area Reagan foreign policy is often criticized by liberals on, is the fueling of rebel contras with − Iranian weapons and CIA training to liberate socialist Nicaragua<ref>http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB210/index.htm</ref>. In 1986 the civil war lead to a landmark international court decision (see [[Nicaragua v. United States]]) that sided with Nicaragua and stated America needed to pay reparations for training and supplying the freedom fighter contras. <ref>http://www.gwu.edu/~jaysmith/nicus3.html</ref> <ref>http://www.un.org/documents/ga/res/41/a41r031.htm</ref> − − During 1986 Liberals often wanted to abide by the decision of Nicaragua v. United States and supply the foriegn government with $12 billion and completely eliminate the [[sovereignty]] of the United States. Reagan took a hard stance for US sovereignty − and refused to abide by corrupt international law that would of forced America to spiral into a depression. − − Shockingly most liberals even today try to justify their stance by asserting that the Marxist government held − democratic elections despite the fact that it is historically shown that socialism isn't democratic. (see [[liberal logic]] and [[USSR]])
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Upon his death, Margaret Thatcher commented:
Upon his death, Margaret Thatcher commented:
:''As Prime Minister, I worked closely with Ronald Reagan for eight of the most important years of all our lives. We talked regularly both before and after his presidency. And I have had time and cause to reflect on what made him a great president. Ronald Reagan knew his own mind. He had firm principles - and, I believe, right ones. He expounded them clearly, he acted upon them decisively. When the world threw problems at the White House, he was not baffled, or disorientated, or overwhelmed. He knew almost instinctively what to do. When his aides were preparing option papers for his decision, they were able to cut out entire rafts of proposals that they knew 'the Old Man' would never wear. When his allies came under Soviet or domestic pressure, they could look confidently to Washington for firm leadership. And when his enemies tested American resolve, they soon discovered that his resolve was firm and unyielding. Yet his ideas, though clear, were never simplistic. He saw the many sides of truth. Yes, he warned that the Soviet Union had an insatiable drive for military power and territorial expansion; but he also sensed it was being eaten away by systemic failures impossible to reform. Yes, he did not shrink from denouncing Moscow's 'evil empire'. But he realized that a man of goodwill might nonetheless emerge from within its dark corridors. So the President resisted Soviet expansion and pressed down on Soviet weakness at every point until the day came when communism began to collapse beneath the combined weight of these pressures and its own failures. And when a man of goodwill did emerge from the ruins, President Reagan stepped forward to shake his hand and to offer sincere cooperation. Nothing was more typical of Ronald Reagan than that large-hearted magnanimity - and nothing was more American.''<ref>[http://reagan2020.us/eulogies/thatcher.asp]</ref>
:''As Prime Minister, I worked closely with Ronald Reagan for eight of the most important years of all our lives. We talked regularly both before and after his presidency. And I have had time and cause to reflect on what made him a great president. Ronald Reagan knew his own mind. He had firm principles - and, I believe, right ones. He expounded them clearly, he acted upon them decisively. When the world threw problems at the White House, he was not baffled, or disorientated, or overwhelmed. He knew almost instinctively what to do. When his aides were preparing option papers for his decision, they were able to cut out entire rafts of proposals that they knew 'the Old Man' would never wear. When his allies came under Soviet or domestic pressure, they could look confidently to Washington for firm leadership. And when his enemies tested American resolve, they soon discovered that his resolve was firm and unyielding. Yet his ideas, though clear, were never simplistic. He saw the many sides of truth. Yes, he warned that the Soviet Union had an insatiable drive for military power and territorial expansion; but he also sensed it was being eaten away by systemic failures impossible to reform. Yes, he did not shrink from denouncing Moscow's 'evil empire'. But he realized that a man of goodwill might nonetheless emerge from within its dark corridors. So the President resisted Soviet expansion and pressed down on Soviet weakness at every point until the day came when communism began to collapse beneath the combined weight of these pressures and its own failures. And when a man of goodwill did emerge from the ruins, President Reagan stepped forward to shake his hand and to offer sincere cooperation. Nothing was more typical of Ronald Reagan than that large-hearted magnanimity - and nothing was more American.''<ref>[http://reagan2020.us/eulogies/thatcher.asp]</ref>
===Soviet Union===
===Soviet Union===