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He managed the collapse of the soviet union without a shot being fired. almost so easily that people did not understand how complicated and hard it was. he had to deal with gorbachevgo problem of having hard-liners. he had to convince them that the unification of germany was a good thing, after germany had savaged the two countries in two world wars not too much earlier. he had to deal with a congress, as you pointed out that was dramatically controlled by the democrats. i think his legacy will be success, someone figured out how to do it even against odds. >> did he ever look back at his time...