Unbalanced Vision: draw the iron curtain

It appears to me that Americans have a soft spot for Ronald Reagan. Am not an expert of any of these presidents, yet somehow RR always reminds me of a quintessential American cowboy leading his horse against the background of a Marlboro cigarette advertisement. Then I read his quotes and recalled a long past era when Communists were seen as the bad guys, and how the West feared them like they were practicing witchcraft. Yesterday the Communists, today the war on terror--the Yanks keep themselves quite busy.