Re: The silence is deafening...

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From: hc23hc
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 08:48

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James Ascher wrote:
> 
> Even under Brezhnev (sp?), the Soviets were crumbling.  Afghanistan was
> the nail in their coffin.  As a a result of committing to a puppet regiem
> in Afghanistan, the Soviets couldn't sustain internal economic control
> for their massive military and low social institutional spending.  (They
> had all-encompansing systems for their citizens, but it was at such a low
> rate per capita that benefits weren't realized.)

Afghanistan actually cost the US more than it did anyone else, all to
protect gangs of heroin dealers.  So we're still paying for that outing.

> Beginning with Reagan, we followed a similar economic path:  massive
> military spending with deep cuts in infrastructure that have lead to the
> decay of domestic systems: food inspection, school performance and
> transportation systems.

If only.  It was going on before Reagan, it's just that the old buffer
dropped all pretense of decency and lied bareface to the taxpayers about
practically everything, covering his tracks with "the need" for a strong
military - to protect the international drug cartels while manufacturing 
flag-waving consensus and paranoia at home.

In that sense of gross untruth, Reagan was quite original.

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