Take the following as truth: I honestly believe that if Reagan and Gorbachev had not come to power when they did--if Brezhnev had lived, and if Carter had served a second term, and Mondale and Dukakis had succeeded him--the Soviet empire would be intact today.
Then the following statement: "Reagan was responsible the dismembering the Soviet empire" is true, false, or inconclusive?
Answer: Inconclusive