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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: Neocon who wrote (215344)1/7/2002 10:52:27 AM
From: TigerPaw  Read Replies (1) of 769667
 
the fear that they could not compete with us
That is one of the myths of the Saint Reagan movement.
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Paradoxically, based on Soviet evidence, the U.S. buildup as well as Star Wars in the early 1980s made accommodation more difficult. In fact, contrary to popular opinion, the Soviets did not increase defense spending in response to the American military buildup under Reagan. Hence, the argument that the Americans spent the Soviets into the ground by Reagan's buildup does not seem to capture the reality of the situation.
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