1/2 If you’re someone who believes that Reagan’s FP was brilliant, it’s b/c this bellicose rhetoric gave him political space to negotiate.https://twitter.com/DavidMDrucker/status/791725474917388288 …
There was also a moral component to RR's FP that was important. Agree or not, that mattered.
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yes, though historians have been arguing since then b/c they weren’t consistently applied.
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No they weren't. I don't take issue with that as long as moral standards are set & applied to designated priorities.
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that’s fair. I’m not even commenting on the substance per se. Just citing the historiographical debate.
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morality in foreign policy was a significant policy debate from multiple angles starting in the 70s.
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