Well, if you see us at the end or in an end process, that might a bit of your problem.
I see that people did see a decline, of people burning our flag in contempt, etc. Of Iran taking hostages and there still being Iranians alive afterwards.
Reagan restored that pride, which declined under the shiftless Nixon and Gutless Carter.
So why all this hostility towards Reagan. Were you like an Air Traffic controller or something?