27 September 1999
Anne Bargar

American Government Pop Quiz

In 1989, George Bush and the GOP took the credit for the fall of the Berlin Wall in particular, and Soviet-style Communism in general. They were merely the last in a long line of politicians (particularly Reaganites) who had forced the Soviet Union to spend themselves into oblivion, nearly taking the United States, (and, for that matter, the rest of the Western Hemisphere north of the Equator) with them. Based on the above scenario, who is most likely to get the credit if either Saddam Hussein or Slobodan Milosovic gets overthrown?

A. The Iraqi people
B. The Serbian people
C. The Clinton Administration.

Bonus question: Bill Clinton will most likely take the credit from

A. The White House
B. Arkansas
C. Upstate New York
D. A Federal Prison