Mikhail Gorbachev personified bold & courageous leadership by recognizing that the Soviet system was morally bankrupt & fatally flawed. He was a noble statesman & a compassionate human being. In other words, he was everything that Vladimir Putin is not.
@JohnBrennan RIP Gorbachev
@JohnBrennan I can’t agree more with you. Very well said.
@JohnBrennan If KGB Putin has his way, I assume little, if any, state respect given to Gorbachev. Since Putin has been QUOTED as wanting to re-establish the old USSR (& taken steps towards that -- Moldova, Georgia, Ukraine), he will DENY any mourning of the person he blames for the breakup!
@JohnBrennan I wonder why Putin let him live so long.
@JohnBrennan Mikhail Gorbachev operated in Reality. Russians prefer to operate in a fantasy world where their Leader paints the picture. Unfortunately, that's been true in the US as well recently.
@JohnBrennan Apparently, he was also everything Diaper Donald is not. @Pampers @Huggies @Luvs @Depend
@JohnBrennan are you still alive? have not heard from you in a year