SocraticGadfly: Thatcher opposed German reunification

September 11, 2009

Thatcher opposed German reunification

Well, the “Iron Lady” of the Falklands War, and the PM who famously told Poppy Bush not to go wobbly on Iraq, will have to surrender about half of her foreign affairs cred.

British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher reportedly told Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev in 1989 that she opposed German reunification, opposed the implosion of the Warsaw Pact, etc.

Wow. Sounds like Maggie got a bit wobbly herself.

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