Same here - not particularly a fan of Reagan overall, and in many ways he represented the beginning of modern conservatism, but at least he ***** understood that diplomacy is more than simply making threats at everyone you don't like. Bush Sr. did, too, incidentally, and I think he deserves at least some of the credit because the Soviet Union officially fell under his watch, and it was his openness and willingness to communicate that really sealed the deal.Seems like the only Republican these days who actually gets it is Ron Paul (yeah yeah, I know,digg/Ron Paul obsession, blah blah blah). One of our greatest conflicts at the moment is with Iran, and many Republicans feel we need to be tougher with them, making more threats, etc. Ron Paul seems to be about the only one who understands that one of the biggest reasons for the conflict is that Iran feels threatened by us and by Israel, that they're convinced we're out to destroy them - and all of this rhetoric about following through on their worst fears isn't helping one damn bit.