Many of you remember the 1980s.  Ronald Reagan became president in the wake of the Iran hostage crisis, the Soviet placement of nuclear missiles in Eastern Europe, and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Reagan's response was to call the Soviet Union an "evil empire" and to begin a major buildup of our conventional and military forces, as well as placing medium-range nuclear missiles in Europe to drive Russia to the negotiating table. And how did the liberal media respond?  They called Reagan a "hardliner" and a "warmonger."  They urged him repeatedly to engage in détente with the Soviet Union.  The media showed no interest in investigating Soviet involvement in the U.S. anti-nuclear movement, which might have uncovered allegations like this: Russian GRU defector Stanislav Lunev said in his autobiography that "the GRU and the KGB helped to fund just about...(Read Full Post)