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newthinking

(3,982 posts) Tue Jan 6, 2015, 01:34 PM Jan 2015

Mikhail Gorbachev: America needs a Perestroika

Extremely interesting interview.

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Mikhail Gorbachev: America needs a Perestroika (Original Post) newthinking Jan 2015 OP

The 1986 Chernobyl Disaster swilton Jan 2015 #1

poor Gorby. I feel sorry for him uhnope Jan 2015 #2

The US also needs a good dose of . . FairWinds Jan 2015 #3

newthinking Diclotican Jan 2015 #4

swilton

(5,069 posts)

1. The 1986 Chernobyl Disaster

Reply to newthinking (Original post)

Tue Jan 6, 2015, 01:42 PM

Jan 2015

proved the lie (countless ways) that was the Soviet Union: the cover up, the technological failures, the response, etc., etc.

But according to Gorbachev's memoirs, after the Chernobyl disaster, he (and others) realized that a nuclear war was unwinnable.

This is a classic interview - thank you so much for posting.

uhnope

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2. poor Gorby. I feel sorry for him

Reply to newthinking (Original post)

Tue Jan 6, 2015, 02:17 PM

Jan 2015

Doesn't want to end up like Litvinenko or Magnitsky, or to have his family persecuted like Navalny.

RT interviewing Gorbachev is like FOX interviewing George HW Bush.

FairWinds

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3. The US also needs a good dose of . .

Reply to newthinking (Original post)

Tue Jan 6, 2015, 02:36 PM

Jan 2015

Glasnost - starting with a Truth Commission.

Diclotican

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4. newthinking

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Tue Jan 6, 2015, 03:32 PM

Jan 2015

newthinking

I think US need to listen to this guy - Gorbatsjev I mean - as he know a few things about not listen to the pepole - and end up as a leader withouth a country.... even if he had the best intentions with his perestroika and glasnost... The way the US act now - they tend to do it worse than USSR ever did it under communism... Also on a faster rate I would point out..

Diclotian

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