To commentators on Who Won the Cold War, let me add my long held view
that the Soviet Union was going to change once the first patriotic post World War II leader came to power. It was, of course, Gorby, who set the wheels in motion. Having been born in Finland and having listened to my elders during the immediate post WWII era and then later reading the Finnish press, I can assure you that, at least to people in Finland, it was abundantly clear that very little worked in the
Soviet Union during its entire existence. Of course, I have to
ackowledge that they had a formidable arsenal, and although many thought that they would be very reluctant to use it, because by the very nature of their system the leaders were very conservative, on such serious matters one must not be smug, as being wrong would have been the greatest calamity for the world. So thank God, we got through that era. I hope that we are now smart enough to be quietly buying up all their weapons. I do not see much evidence for it, but would there be any better way to spend part of our defense dollars. I think not.
regards, Seppo |
