Mikhail Gorbachev was a visionary leader. The refusal of the U.S. to help Russia when the Soviet Union collapsed was typical of America's arrogance and lack of visionary foreign policy. If we had helped Gorbachev then, Russia's path would probably have not been toward a Putin.

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Jeffrey Sachs agrees with you and also this film DW just released has a lot of other people who also agree with you. youtube.com/watch?v=L53pebMu… I believe Reagan's Secretary of State also agrees with you.
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I'm from Brazil and we were also undergoing economic reforms and we followed Russia closely (2nd half 90s) because developing economies were undergoing speculative attacks. Lots of countries broke during that time. I later learned about what heppened earlier on and I agree with u
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Yet again Marianne, you show you don't know shit about geopolitics. The US didn't just 'refuse to help' Russia. The US purposely designed & implemented the post USSR economic crash that made a basket case out of Russia & nearly destroyed it. Get a clue. consortiumnews.com/2018/04/2…
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You...uhhhh...should stick to self help books lady. This tweet is just embarrassing to you. Most folks wouldn't post it, and would delete it if they did.
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Tell us you don't know history, without telling us "I don't know history" 🤦‍♂️
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I’m no historian, but wut?
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Congrats. You're the 🤡 of the week.
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You literally have no idea what you’re talking about here . . .
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We could have done a Marshall Plan kind of crusade to turn a flailing enemy into a friend.
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