It is not only the Armenians who say this...it is common practice among various religions to eulogize at funerals rather than to cite a long list of faults commited by the deceased. The Jews say that when a person dies, his good deeds will be remembered in this world but in the "next world" he will be held accountable for his faults...
In my modest opinion, Raegan was one of the numerous "clowns" on capital hill, but I believe that he should be noted as a significant president in terms of ending the tensions of the cold war, and easing the Soviet Union in to realizing that their government would not work. He applied his previous career as a screen actor to his presidential duties in office, using the "SDI"- the Star Wars thing to get the Soviet Union to collapse...he saw it was working and that the Americans liked him, so he continued, fluctuating as often as the polls.
His death is a tragedy, because his last public picture, taken when he was 89, captured him barely able to recognize his own wife...he combated for more than a decade against the inevitable Alzheimers desease, and finally lost and succumbed to death.
Although mostly in the world we have so far seen sympathy and respect at Raegan's death, the middle eastern leaders have been accusing Raegan for supporting Israel, and for being antagonistic to them. One Libyan leader even claimed that he should be held responsible for these actions, brought to trial- a man dying from Alzheimer's desease who couldn barely recognize his wife's hand- for having killed about 32 Libyans in retaliation for a terrorist attack commited against him. So soon after his death, leaders are already protesting and lacking respect, if not eulogizing Raegan.
Clearly we see the difference between those world leaders and nations that show respect and those who attack raeagan like a snake when he is immobile. We see the difference between those who are luckily world powers with stable governments and content citizens and terrorist, totalitarian countries with leaders who make no effort even to mask their disrespct of a deceased 93 year old man like Raegan. Let's hope that those nations who do show respect to Raegan remain in power...
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