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To: Skywatcher who wrote (165267)	7/28/2001 3:21:18 AM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 769670

What put and kept Gorbachev in power was the necessity of reforming the Soviet economy. Why was this important? Because over 25% of Soviet GDP was going to the military, and yet it was not especially innovative. We spent less than 5%, and had a much better R&D program. Once someone like Reagan became president, that meant that they could be outspent into surrender, especially when SDI was introduced as an R&D goal. Of course, when reform was pressed forward, the system proved too brittle, and began to crack......