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German author Torsten Mann in his recently published book “Red Lies in Green Clothes” demonstrates that Mikhail Gorbachev’s “Perestroika”, the demolition of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet economy don’t indicate Gorbachev’s acceptance of the victory of Western ideas over collectivism. In reality his long-term commitment has been to Communism [...] Mann shows that Mikhail Gorbachev never changed his communist convictions. He simply replaced Stalinist terror methods by a charming offensive that was launched in February 1986 with the 27th congress of the U.S.S.R.’s Communist Party. In 1987 Gorbachev wrote in a book published in several languages: “In October 1917 we have definitely broken with the old world. We are approaching a new world, the communist world. We will never leave this road.” - Now it is simply painted green.
http://cfact.eu/2009/11/09/gorbachev-the-apocalypse-trumpeter/
Mere:
Vi ved i dag, at Reagan havde læst det sovjetiske regime fuldkommen korrekt. NATOs opstilling af Pershing-II-raketter og krydsermissiler i Europa som svar på sovjetiske SS-20-raketter førte til en historisk nedrustningsaftale, der indebar afskaffelse af atombærende mellemdistanceraketter. Mikhail Gorbatjov og hans rådgivere har efter Den Kolde Krig erkendt, at Reagans klare udmeldinger fik dem til at indse, at de måtte opgive ekspansionen og koncentrere sig om reformer hjemme i Sovjetunionen. - Det skriver Flemming Rose i en længere artikel i om Ronald Reagan i dagens udgave af Jyllands-Posten.
"Americans have a severe disease — worse than AIDS. It's called the winner's complex." Det siger Michael Gorbatjov til abc NEWS.
Kollektivisten Gorbatjovs mål var ifølge internetleksikonet Wikipedia: to maintain the CPSU [kommunistpartiet] as a united party but move it in the direction of social democracy. The inherent contradictions in this approach - praising Lenin, admiring Sweden's social model and seeking to maintain the annexation of the Baltic states by military force - were difficult enough... - Det var imidlertid ikke bare en vanskelig sag, men samtidig en forkastelig tabersag, alt for få tog afstand fra.
Taberen, der stort set intet lærte af historien:
En af historiens vindere: