Reagan's Message to the World

There will be much debate on Reagan's legacy in the following weeks. I think friends of limited government and individual liberty can have honest disagreements about Reagan's accomplishments, but there is one achievement that is undisputable - Reagan sent a clear message to the world that Communism was evil.

It's hard for Westerners to believe this, but the clarity of Reagan's message had a profound effect on those behind the Iron Curtain. People will notice when an American president unapologetically calls the Soviet Union what it was - an evil empire. This is a simple moral judgment that was lost on so many intellectuals in the West. To hear this message must have been inspiring to those who experienced the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia and Hungary and other Soviet crimes. To this day, many in Eastern Europe are grateful that Reagan was not afraid to say something that was so obvious and so important.