Your favourite flawed end-of-cold-war hero?

[Warspite]

Where's David Hasselhoff? 

[Martinus]

Where's David Hasselhoff? 

How dare you call the Hoff "flawed"? 

[Valmy]

I did. He stands above all others, being a wonderful human being.

A Vichyite? 

[Caliga]

Gorbi!  Gorbi!  Gorbi!

It was awesome when Rocky beat Ivan Drago and Gorby stood up and clapped for Rocky even though he represented Amerika.

[Martinus]

Gorbi!  Gorbi!  Gorbi!

It was awesome when Rocky beat Ivan Drago and Gorby stood up and clapped for Rocky even though he represented Amerika.

[Viking]

I did. He stands above all others, being a wonderful human being.

A Vichyite? 

I 'ed a bit for DeGaulle when I heard his dismissal of Mitterand. "You again?"

[Caliga]

Gorbi!  Gorbi!  Gorbi!

It was awesome when Rocky beat Ivan Drago and Gorby stood up and clapped for Rocky even though he represented Amerika.

IF I CAN CHANGE
AND YOUSE CAN CHANGE
DEN EVERYBODY CAN CHANGE!

Cold War: over.

[fhdz]

John Paul II. Spoke 90 quadrillion languages, an extrordinarily deep thinker, possessed boundless energy and was an exceptional athlete to boot. I always got the sense that his opposition to Communism was less about Communism being anti-Christian and more about it being inhumane.

[Caliga]

I didn't vote for JPII because I can't really see how he is "flawed" so I didn't see him as an appropriate choice for the poll.

I voted for Gorby, because a) he is cool, and b) he's flawed what with that giant birthmark on his head.

[fhdz]

I didn't vote for JPII because I can't really see how he is "flawed" so I didn't see him as an appropriate choice for the poll.

I voted for Gorby, because a) he is cool, and b) he's flawed what with that giant birthmark on his head.

For Marti, "flawed" means "was not a champion of gay rights".

[derspiess]

Gorby is overrated.

[Caliga]

I didn't vote for JPII because I can't really see how he is "flawed" so I didn't see him as an appropriate choice for the poll.

I voted for Gorby, because a) he is cool, and b) he's flawed what with that giant birthmark on his head.

For Marti, "flawed" means "was not a champion of gay rights".

But if JPII had been a champion of gay rights, he would have been a flawed Pope..... but since he wasn't, he therefore wasn't flawed.

[Strix]

So, who is on the list of unflawed Cold War heroes?

[Martinus]

I didn't vote for JPII because I can't really see how he is "flawed" so I didn't see him as an appropriate choice for the poll.

I voted for Gorby, because a) he is cool, and b) he's flawed what with that giant birthmark on his head.

For Marti, "flawed" means "was not a champion of gay rights".

No, it means "feted serial child molesters and protected them from criminal prosecution". Also, "gagged theologians" and "spearheaded a mis-information campaign on condom use in Africa, which indirectly led to death of millions."

[Viking]

So, who is on the list of unflawed Cold War heroes?

Havel, Sakharov, Zhao Ziyang?