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Originally posted by mel1962
How times have changed and how times have not changed!
Our old enemies are our new enemies.
Why are we helping our enemies?
Where is Ronald Reagan when you need him!
Originally posted by sweatmonicaIdo
Originally posted by mel1962
How times have changed and how times have not changed!
That is in many ways the essence of my comparison. What I want people to see is that the Cold War was like a historical oasis; it was something that really never happened before and the events of today are the more common occurances of history.
Our old enemies are our new enemies.
Well, you can't glean that from my post, but yes, you are right. India was an enemy then, now our relations have significantly improved with them.
Why are we helping our enemies?
Pakistan is the first country that comes to mind when you said that.
Where is Ronald Reagan when you need him!
Ronald Reagan enjoyed going head-to-head with the USSR, he is the worst man to be leading us.
Originally posted by Jimmy1880
Sweetmonica,
Please just clarify on what your asking us to reply with ;
It's seems an interesting post I unsure as to how I should reply, it's not hard to confuse an Infantryman
I'm posted in Germany because of that bloody cold war!
Originally posted by etotheitheta
Ronald Reagan did not bankrupt the Soviets, they changed their name to Russia and still pump and sell more oil than the US.
It makes me very irritated when Reagan's people pound their chests and say that because we had this big military buildup, the Kremlin collapsed. When you put peace, prosperity and human rights against poverty, a massive unsuccessful military program and a lack of human rights, communism was bound to collapse," he said. "No president, no Democrat or Republican, can claim credit for those programs. I'll tell you who deserves the credit - the American people.
Originally posted by mel1962
Well, you can't glean that from my post, but yes, you are right. India was an enemy then, now our relations have significantly improved with them.
Pakistan is the first country that comes to mind when you said that.
Ronald Reagan bankrupted the Russians, now Bush is bankrupting America!
Originally posted by mel1962
Hmmm . . . they lost half their territory . . .
lost half their military . . .
they are making a comeback because of western investment in their oil industry . . .
the berlin wall fell . . .
many of the Warsaw pack are now NATO . . .
don't forget they lost access to their warm water ports . . .
well in the words of Ronald Reagan "Oh well there you go again!"
Originally posted by sweatmonicaIdo
While this is not the intent of the thread, the Soviet Union's bankruptcy was inevitable.
When you devote an overwhelming amount of national resources to the military and only the military, your country will fall eventually.
Why is it that so many people are against high defense spending and the military-industrial complex? Because it kills a country in the long run.
It makes me very irritated when Reagan's people pound their chests and say that because we had this big military buildup, the Kremlin collapsed.
When you put peace, prosperity and human rights against poverty, a massive unsuccessful military program and a lack of human rights, communism was bound to collapse,"
he said. "No president, no Democrat or Republican, can claim credit for those programs. I'll tell you who deserves the credit - the American people.
Originally posted by sweatmonicaIdo
"Reagan's people" is a very loose term.
It refers to both people who worked with him, for him, and the millions of his supporters.
Those right-wing idealogues you refer to are many of "Reagan's people."
And i think its pretty clear that even Mr. Reagan actually believed he played a significant role in bringing down the Soviet Union.