Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on January 15, 2004 03:39 AM
USSR?
The USSR fell apart when it did thanks to one man.
Ronald Reagan.
And the entire world was against him when he shoved those missiles down the throats of the French and other EU countries.
Much like the situation today.
Those same missiles that bankrupted the USSR due to their response.
And before you start talking about the US debt created during the same time, note that the prime rate exceeded 21 percent thanks to a peanut farmer president before Reagan, and that government revenue from taxes on income went up, not down during Reagan, and that Congress, with Democrats in charge, who pledged to keep social spending in check because of the necessary military spending during the buildup, broke that pledge and went on a social spending orgy during the 80's.
And the so called peace dividend? Wouldn't be possible if the USSR didn't fall apart right?
It took US military intervention to bring about change in Eastern Europe and the USSR. But it was US military intervention without firing a shot.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on January 15, 2004 03:39 AMThe USSR fell apart when it did thanks to one man.
Ronald Reagan.
And the entire world was against him when he shoved those missiles down the throats of the French and other EU countries.
Much like the situation today.
Those same missiles that bankrupted the USSR due to their response.
And before you start talking about the US debt created during the same time, note that the prime rate exceeded 21 percent thanks to a peanut farmer president before Reagan, and that government revenue from taxes on income went up, not down during Reagan, and that Congress, with Democrats in charge, who pledged to keep social spending in check because of the necessary military spending during the buildup, broke that pledge and went on a social spending orgy during the 80's.
And the so called peace dividend? Wouldn't be possible if the USSR didn't fall apart right?
It took US military intervention to bring about change in Eastern Europe and the USSR. But it was US military intervention without firing a shot.
And the pope's visit to Poland certainly helped.
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