dazzleman
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« on: November 29, 2003, 05:55:35 PM » |
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Margaret Thatcher still creates a lot of controversy, which in a way is the mark of an effective leader. While she is hated in socialist circles, she is a conservative deity.
I am a great admirer of Margaret Thatcher. She took over Britain at a time that socialism had run it into the ground. Nationalized industries were losing money hand over fist, and unions were preventing the creation of an advances or efficiencies that would allow the hemhorraging of money to stop.
Margaret Thatcher saved the British economy, and converted Britain from the sick man of Europe to one of the strongest economies there today. It is a testament to her economic policies that her opponents have largely adopted them.
I also think that her pursuit of the Falkland War helped hasten the end of the Cold War. She sent a clear message to the Soviets that the west was awakening from its malaise of the 1960s and 1970s, and would stand up to aggression. This was a very important message to send at that time, far more important than who ran those islands.
Together with Ronald Reagan, Thatcher signified the revitalization of the west, after a decade of malaise, decline and defensiveness.
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