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Reagan and Gorbachev Sat Down and Gave the Space to Demilitarize
Both Reagan and Thatcher were on the right wing of the right wing parties in each country, that gave them the space to be diplomatic. They both independently sat down with Gorbachev and they're like, all right, this status quo rather than being perpetual is intolerable. The most important thing about Gorbachev wasn't his motivation; it was he spent enough time with the West as opposed to other people who became in leadership roles in Soviet Union.