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Originally posted by Snakeeye+Oct 2 2004, 02:33 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Snakeeye @ Oct 2 2004, 02:33 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Lanny_MacDonald@Sep 30 2004, 11:21 PM
I was reviewing some theories behind the fall of the Soviet Union and came across something interesting. A theory I subscribe to supposes that the reason the Soviet Union crumbled was because of a strategy Reagan employed during the Cold War.
Reagan stretched the Soviets by using American influence in regions that bordered the Soviet Union. This kept opening up new "fronts" that the Soviets had to respond to, and forced them to spend great amounts of money to expand and maintain their military. The final nail in the coffin was when the Soviets went into Afghanistan and the US managed to train the mujahideen in very effective guerllia war tactics that continued to chip away at the invading army. This spread the military too thin, and forced the country to spend so much money, that their economy began to fail. This brought on the fall of the Iron Curtain as the Soviets could no longer afford to look after the masses. It was either let the people go, or have another bloody civil war. Cooler heads prevailed.
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I wonder how many people suffered and died as a result of the collapse of the USSR's economy, and the poverty and civil war that followed?
Gives Reagan's legacy a whole new meaning, doesnt it? [/b][/quote]
Now your going to blame America for deaths caused by the collapse of a brutal and destructive form of government.
thats rich
Deaths caused by the collapse of the Soviet Union and thier system of government have no impact on Reagan or the States.
In fact since they ended up emasulating the KGB, and caused some serious court and human rights reforms they probably saved lives.