The Iron Lady as Liberator
For many who grew up in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, Margaret Thatcher will always be a heroine. Not only did she espouse the cause of freedom, but, by embracing Mikhail Gorbachev at a time when almost every democratic leader was deeply suspicious of his intentions, she became a vital catalyst in realizing it.
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KHARKIV, UKRAINE – Prison is always a place of mourning. But perhaps learning of Margaret Thatcher’s death in this place is grimly appropriate, because it made me remember the imprisoned society of my youth that Thatcher did so much to set free.