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To: Scumbria who wrote (103914)	4/11/2000 5:45:00 PM
From: Joe NYC	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570520

Scumbria, My wife is from Russia. We met shortly before the collapse of the Soviet Union. I'm not sure when you left, but in the wake of Afghanistan the Soviet Union and it's military were bankrupt and demoralized. I left in 1983. Russia somewhat poorer than the other eastern European countries, especially the countryside of Russia and the asian republics. But the concept of bankruptcy is foreign to communist system. But you don't need huge armies to keep the population in check. I don't know this for fact, but I would not be surprised if the Eastern European countries did not pick up the tab for the Soviet occupation. The KGB had stolen most of the nations wealth When you listen to people (who are clueless when sober) talk when they are drunk, you will hear a lot of this. When you have people who are not doing as well as their neighbors, you always look for someone who is stealing it from you. Being envious is a very Slavic concept. Many people would rather live in poverty that give their neighbor opportunity to become wealthy. (It partially applies to the Democratic party's class warfare) Anyway, the amounts stolen by KGB (or by US politicians) is peanuts. It is just something for peons to talk about. According to Gorbachev, Reagan's actions made the transition more difficult. Gorbatchev is the biggest joke of 20th century. He dropped the ball at everything he touched. He was incompetent as a communist, as a reformer, as an economist, as a diplomat, as a leader. The situation just slipped away from his control and turned out ok (for the West and the Eastern Europe). He is not a leader. He is a blunderer. If you ever read any of his commentaries in the US newspapers, you will see a confused mind at work. Joe