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To: cosmicforce who wrote (14577)	12/9/2004 9:02:06 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 20773

Re: Certainly the end of the USSR had a lot more to do with efficiency and the ability to move materiel. Nonsense. The USSR went down in flames (pun intended) when its main exports, crude oil and natural gas, tanked. The USSR went bankrupt. That was brought it down. Here's a terrific article on the madness that has surrounded the U.S.-Soviet mythology for decades: commondreams.org Pay particular attention to the ruthless dishonesty of the "Committee on the Present Danger", a group that morphed into the Project for a New American Century, with much the same goal, i.e. enriching its members by spreading fear.