tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post6647871975788348019..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: The Cold War and American Exceptionalism - General ImpressionsAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-81013310964625805772009-07-19T09:59:11.582-04:002009-07-19T09:59:11.582-04:00My first thought was also of Solzhenitsyn.
My own...My first thought was also of Solzhenitsyn.<br /><br />My own journey through the <i>Gulag Archipelago</i> ended ten chapters in, but I'd seen enough.karrdehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00205160745963596856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-39312931326532712132009-07-18T21:56:27.902-04:002009-07-18T21:56:27.902-04:00I wonder if Obama ever read any works by Solzhenyt...I wonder if Obama ever read <b>any</b> works by Solzhenytsin- fiction or the any of the Gulag trilogy?<br /><br />As there were a number of refugees from Hitler and the Iron Curtain residing in the small town where I grew up, I had no difficulty believing in the existence of the Evil Empire. <br /><br />While I never voted for Reagan, his calling the Evil Empire for what it was gave further evidence to me that he knew how to conduct foreign policy.Gringonoreply@blogger.com