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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: Ilaine who wrote (26676)12/7/1998 7:31:00 PM
From: Dayuhan  Read Replies (1) of 108807
 
CB,

I have to agree with Bob on that one (will wonders never cease): the Soviet Union collapsed from internal economic inefficiencies, not any external pressure. I would have to say the US handled that collapse rather poorly, and we're seeing the results of that now. In a few years we could easily have a nationalist government back in Moscow, whether from the left or right makes little difference.

JFQ and I did Nicaragua at some length on DAR a little while back, and I probably shouldn't rake those old coals over again. But do you really think the Sandinistas were a significant security threat to the US? Do you think there would have been any Sandinistas if we hadn't spent so much time and money building up an incompetent fool like Somoza?

Do you think the Afghans are any better off under the Taleban? Do you think the US is any better off with Afghanistan under the Taleban, sheltering and assisting the good folks that blow up embassies for fun? Not saying the Russians belonged there, but sending Stinger missiles to Muslim fundamentalists was not the brightest move in history. The enemy of your enemy is not always your friend, something we can also learn from the days when Ron's boys were building up Saddam Hussein, simply because he was fighting the bad Iranians.

The world is a very complicated place, and looking at it from a simplistic viewpoint dominated more by ideology than common sense is very dangerous.

Steve
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