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TlalocW

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2. When you look at it

Reply to Bandit (Original post)

Fri Apr 25, 2014, 11:50 AM

Apr 2014

It was a group effort of every president since Eisenhower starting or continuing the Cold War practice of building up our nuclear stockpile which forced the USSR to do the same. Their money just ran out first, and it ran out during Reagan's tenure.

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Republicans greatest praise of Ronald Reagan is that he ended the Cold War. [View all] Bandit Apr 2014 OP

Militarization between USA and The Soviet Union rustydog Apr 2014 #1

When you look at it TlalocW Apr 2014 #2

well, bush, really, but why let a detail like that interfere with ronnie's sainthood? unblock Apr 2014 #4

Yep jberryhill Apr 2014 #6

from the beginning to the end of the cold war, all presidents had essentially the same policy unblock Apr 2014 #3

The claim is that he made them spend themselves into bankruptcy. rrneck Apr 2014 #5

Don't forget Poland....W Bush rickford66 Apr 2014 #7

There is a bit of merit to that argument. WatermelonRat Apr 2014 #8

I have read here and elsewhere that the increase in military spending extended the Cold War underpants Apr 2014 #10

Actually, it was Hungarians who put a lot of things in place RainDog Apr 2014 #9

Yes + the Poles (as noted above) + their system + Gorbachev (he was the tipping point) underpants Apr 2014 #11

The book I mentioned RainDog Apr 2014 #12