Soviet Decline Led to U.S. Imperialism -- Gorby

Mikhail Gorbachev, widely reviled by the left for his role in Russia's decline, says that U.S. imperialism is the result of the disappearance of the Soviet state.

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It's quite common for the party that excises something bad to be blamed for what fills the void left behind when that something is less than desireable. Of course, if the thing that fills the void is desireable, that same party rarely gets the credit, because it surely would have happened eventually anyways

Gorby is a bitter old man trying to come to terms with the fact that the very policies he implemented to try to save the dying Soviet Union helped drive a huge ass stake through its heart.

Mikhail Gorbachev: reluctant self-destructor of communism.

What nonsense.

Of course, he's partially correct. The US has pursued much the same policies since the Cold War as during it, but with fewer "checks" on their power.

Close, but brevity is the soul of wit, so with that in mind: I'd say Gorby is more of a..



Edit: And the cheap commie bastard should shell out a few thousand rubles for one of these:

for that big-ass spot on his head!