That was the real start, for sure, but Reagan took the pressure of every type, except silly things like the grain embargo, to 11.  For instance ... actually, I <i>can</i> see moralist Carter saying something like this after he saw the light, but still:<p><i>Yes, let us pray for the salvation of all of those who live in that totalitarian darkness—pray they will discover the joy of knowing God. But until they do, let us be aware that while they preach the supremacy of the State, declare its omnipotence over individual man, and predict its eventual domination of all peoples on the earth, they are the focus of evil in the modern world.... So, in your discussions of the nuclear freeze proposals, I urge you to beware the temptation of pride—the temptation of blithely..uh..declaring yourselves above it all and label both sides equally at fault, to ignore the facts of history and the aggressive impulses of an evil empire, to simply call the arms race a giant misunderstanding and thereby remove yourself from the struggle between right and wrong and good and evil.</i><p>That was in 1983: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Evil_empire" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Evil_empire</a>