Lake, great history lesson! It was a feeling of simultaneous disbelief and relief that somehow the Soviets were actually defeated without a single shot being fired.

I also remember the feeling that so much of that money being previously being spent on defense could now be used for other things the American people could actually benifit from. The Dems, unfortunately, found other ways to spend the savings.

Reagan made them bankrupt trying to keep up with our BS "Starwars'' program. lol

The sad thing is they since have discovered and developed massive oil and gas deposits and now hold many countries hostage with the threat of witholding these assets.

Good assesment!