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To: i-node who wrote (882330)	8/25/2015 12:55:58 AM
From: RMF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574864

inode...where do you get this stuff about the "Cold War" ending? The cold war never ended. There was about a 10 year pause in it, but it never ended.

To: i-node who wrote (882330)	8/25/2015 9:37:50 AM
From: Wharf Rat	1 Recommendation Recommended By bentway Respond to of 1574864

"fully 1/3 of the deficit reduction under Clinton was a direct result of Reagan's winning the Cold War. It was the tax increase, which no R's voted for. Why Neither Reagan Nor the United States Won the Cold War Jack Matlock discusses Superpower Illusions By Alex Kingsbury Jan. 22, 2010 \| 1:40 p.m. EST + More Ronald Reagan never claimed to have bested the Soviet Union and won the Cold War. Indeed, the very idea that there was a winner of the decades-long rivalry between the superpowers was a political formulation rather than one based on the historical facts. The notion that the United States forced the collapse of the Soviet Union and vanquished communism is not only a myth but a dangerous canard, Jack Matlock says in his new book, Superpower Illusions: How Myths and False Ideologies Led America Astray—and How to Return to Reality. Matlock, a U.S. ambassador to the U.S.S.R. during the Reagan and George H. W. Bush administrations, chatted with U.S. News about the end of the Soviet Union and why Barack Obama is the new Ronald Reagan. Excerpts usnews.com