Nikita Khrushchev vs Leonid Brezhnev

[Obama-Biden Democrat]

Khrushchev was a semi dangerous foreign adventurist though, who almost caused a nuclear armageddon during the Cuban missile crisis in 1962. He also threatened that 'rockets would fly' in 1961 if the western allies would not leave West Berlin.

Brezhnev on the other hand did have a period of detente and good relations with the US. He also signed multiple nuclear arms control agreements with the US that eased cold war tensions.

[Obama-Biden Democrat]

Khruschev, but Zyzz does have somewhat of a point. Khruschev was a bit of a buffoon. Under Brezhnev, the USSR reached military parity with the US. Both of them suffered diplomatic defeats. Khruschev lost China, but since it was for denouncing Stalin, he can be forgiven for it. Brezhnev lost Egypt, and by extension the entire Middle East, and was forced to invade Afghanistan.

Yea Khrushchev was a bit of a buffoon on the world stage. He also banged his shoes on the table at the UN and made the 'we will bury you' statement. That statement scared the crap out of a lot of westerners and they assumed it meant that they would bury us in a nuclear war.