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CaptainCrunch · 04-08-2013, 10:41 AM

It was the last great era of Nation State against Nation State and really the end of Communism as a viable opponent.

It was pretty close to the end of the Doomsday Clock being relevant

The end of the 80's signaled the end of true Nation State power games against Nation States.

the Cold War was replaced by regional civil war hot flashpoints and confused loyalties.

The Soviet Union, China, Cuba and even North Korea moved from being dire threats to democracy to being also rans.

The threats of the Soviet Military in Germany and the Soviet Navy and especially their submarines and their frontal missile divisions faded as the great threat of death for us all.

The West saw the rise and then end of the non diplomatic strong leaders like Thatcher and Reagan, that took on Brezhnev and then KGB leaders like Antropov and in losing bought Gorbachev into power.

04-08-2013, 10:41 AM	#14
CaptainCrunch Norm! Join Date: Jun 2002 Exp:	It was the last great era of Nation State against Nation State and really the end of Communism as a viable opponent. It was pretty close to the end of the Doomsday Clock being relevant The end of the 80's signaled the end of true Nation State power games against Nation States. the Cold War was replaced by regional civil war hot flashpoints and confused loyalties. The Soviet Union, China, Cuba and even North Korea moved from being dire threats to democracy to being also rans. The threats of the Soviet Military in Germany and the Soviet Navy and especially their submarines and their frontal missile divisions faded as the great threat of death for us all. The West saw the rise and then end of the non diplomatic strong leaders like Thatcher and Reagan, that took on Brezhnev and then KGB leaders like Antropov and in losing bought Gorbachev into power. __________________ My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!