The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Mikhail Gorbachev is difficult to applaud. It was the alliance of Western countries for more than four decades that ended the Cold War and liberated541417843it started -- the domination of Eastern Europe and minority groups within its own borders.
Mikhail Gorbachev did not set out to peacefully transform Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union to a new political and economic system. I suggest he was perceptive enough to see that the Communist system was economically and politically spent and that its collapse was inevitable. In effect, he went along for the ride.
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