Remembering the Man Who Helped Ronald Reagan Take Down the Soviet Union

“We win; they lose.” That Reagan statement was a declaration for the ages, a denouement to the 20th century, encapsulating what Ronald Reagan did to defeat the Soviet Union and win the Cold War.
There’s nary a Reaganite who doesn’t know it. Few, however, know the full quote and its origins.
It actually went like this: “Dick, my idea of American policy toward the Soviet Union is simple, and some would say simplistic,” Reagan averred. “It is this: We win, and they lose. What do you think of that?”

Dick? Who was that? He was Richard V. Allen. And he died on Nov. 16 at age 88. He was a fan of The American Spectator and a friend of its founder, R. Emmett Tyrre …