Reagan forced an end to the Cold War and freed Eastern Europe from Soviet Control. Now while radical leftists hate Reagan for it, the people of Eastern Europe actually built statues of the man.
Polish admirers of Ronald Reagan say they will erect a statue of the late US president in Warsaw to thank him for helping to end communist rule.
They say the 3.5-metre (10.5ft) stone and bronze statue will stand opposite the US embassy in the Polish capital.
"The statue is a way for his legacy to live on," said Janusz Dorosiewicz, a businessman behind the private project.
In 1989, Poland became the first nation in Eastern Europe to defeat communism. Reagan died in 2004 at the age of 93.
"This is an entirely private initiative undertaken by Poles in Poland, the United States and Canada," Mr Dorosiewicz said.
"Reagan was the person who defeated the communists and opened the way for freedom in Poland," he said.
The organisers estimate that the statue will cost about 140,000 euros (£94,000).
It will be unveiled on 4 July 2007 - US Independence Day.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5366992.stm
In commemoration of what would have been Ronald Reagan's 100th birthday, the Liberal Alliance (LA) now wants to name a street in the capital after the former US president, reports Ekstra Bladet newspaper.
“Reagan won the Cold War without firing a single shot,” said Lars Berg Dueholm, the party's political group leader at the City Council. ”That makes him one of the 20th century's greatest statesmen and it deserves to be honoured by us here in Copenhagen.”
Dueholm, who is also a member of the council's street naming committee, where the proposal will now be presented, pointed out that Denmark has a tradition for honouring the greatest foreign politicians by naming a street or a town square after them, for example Churchill Park.
He said that the Østerbro district would be a good place for the new street name, preferably near the America Plads (‘America Square’).
http://www.cphpost.dk/news/local/87-loc ... hagen.html
So really, I think the left wing smear campaign needs to stop.