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To: MSI who wrote (27006)	2/5/2002 1:19:01 AM
From: 4rthofjuly007	Respond to of 99280

>>but a contrary view: that regime was a failed one, and would have tottered to its demise if we hadn't lifted a finger. In fact, had we let them absorb Afghanistan et al they would have fallen faster.<< Couldn't disagree more. The decades of economic pressure exerted on the USSR from military spending is what forced their demise imo. Left unabated and without this pressure, how much longer would half of Europe suffered? How much more of it? What would stopped the USSR from rolling into Western Europe? South America? Without the US threat, would they have stopped at conventional weapons in Afghanistan? >>We can save hundreds of billions and lots of lives minding our own store<< Imagine if that mentality had prevailed regarding involvement in the European campaign in WWII? My last post on the subject. Promise.-g