Pontius,
I agree.
Reagan was no lunatic, ( though the poor sod suffered alzheimers or similar later ) and could be said to have won the cold war & done the whole world a huge favour which I hope future generations will take note of.
I have different thoughts about Thatcher however; I am by no means a leftie, communist or traitor, but I will never forgive her for destroying the manufacturing abilility of the UK at all levels.
Remember she was all for flogging Invincible until Galteiri tried the Falklands to save his own unpopular arse, ending up saving her similar situation.
When presented with the P-1216 supersonic STOVL mockup - which made the JSF look like a Sopwith Camel - at Kingston, ( better performance predictions, but stealth wasn't trendy then ) she didn't hesitate to say no, effectively binning British aircraft manufacture.