Ted Turner won the Cold War!

[Kevin R]

I'm kicking myself for not seeing the truth of this sooner.

From Best of the Web:

--Who won the Cold War? By now most people agree that it was largely Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher and Pope John Paul II, though some still claim that Mikhail Gorbachev let the good guys win. But CNN founder Ted Turner insists that much of the credit should go to . . . CNN founder Ted Turner. Ted Turner-founded CNN reports:

Turner, not known for his modesty, credited his own efforts for helping to end the Cold War, and noted that he launched the Goodwill Games in 1986 as a way to ease international tensions through sports competition.

"I thought, between sports and news and television and friendship, that you could end the Cold War and, by God, we did," he said.

CNN adds that Turner "acknowledged that the size of his role is unclear." It seems pretty clear to us.--

Someone get Ted his Nobel Peace prize!

[Ralph]

Yeah, he follows in the tradition of William Randolph Hearst.

[Corlyss_D]

What a load of crap. CNN maybe had something to do with it. But the Good Will Games? Get real!