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Reagan Remembered for Role in Cold War
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| Contributor | Gerald Farinas |
| Last Edited | Gerald Farinas Jun 07, 2004 11:30am |
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| News Date | Monday, June 7, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Reagan Remembered for Role in Cold War
The Honolulu Advertiser
Ronald Reagan was remembered in former Soviet republics and other ex-East Bloc nations as the American president who stared down Moscow and won. In the Middle East and Latin America, the memories were not as fond. Pope John Paul II learned of Reagan's death with "sadness" during a trip to Switzerland and immediately prayed for the "eternal rest of his soul," Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls said. The pope, a native of Poland, also recalled Reagan's contribution to "historical events that changed the lives of millions of people, mainly Europeans."
Arab nations recalled the Reagan days as a dark period. The Reagan years marked the beginning of what Lebanon's culture minister, Ghazi Aridi, called a "bad era" of American Mideast policy that he said continues to this day. Political analyst and former Syrian ambassador to the United Nations Haitham al-Kilani agreed. "Reagan's role was bad for the Arab-Israeli conflict and was specifically against Syria. He was the victim of the Israeli right wing that was, and still is, dominating the White House," al-Kilani said. Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi said he was sorry that Reagan died without standing trial for 1986 airstrikes he ordered that killed Gadhafi's adopted daughter and 36 other people. Reagan ordered the April 15, 1986 air raid. "I express my deep regret because Reagan died before facing justice for his ugly crime that he committed in 1986 against the Libyan children," Libya's news agency quoted Gadhafi.
In Central America detractors said he pushed the region deeper into conflict. "The country of Nicaragua surely will not ask for three days of mourning," said Tomas Borge, vice secretary of the Sandinista National Liberation Front. |
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