Quote Originally Posted by Alexander the Pretty Good
Reagan was!
If you would define "a great leader of a nation" as a man who authorised the selling of arms to Iran (and Iraq at the same time - while they were at war) and whose administration used the funds generated by said arms deal to fund an anti-populist terrorist group in Nicaragua (not to mention also using the CIA to wage covert warfare in the country as well), then yes, he was a pretty decent guy.

This is a man who routinely defied Congress and if you wanted a person to blame for the the the terror crisis that faces America right now, I'd have this guy high on my list. Interventionalism may as well have been this man's middle name - his policies may well have worked at the time, but he put America, both militarily and economically on a foundation of sand.

The continued belief that he is America's greatest president is beyond belief to me.