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Skidmore
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Tue Jan-25-05 02:37 PM Original message |
Did we really have to fight the Cold War? |
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papau
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Tue Jan-25-05 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
1. Apparent inability to vote comunism USSR style out made cold war |
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DemocratSinceBirth
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Tue Jan-25-05 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
2. Considering The Soviet Union Had Annexed Half A Continent We Didn't Have |
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Wonco_the_Sane
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Tue Jan-25-05 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
3. Kinda |
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Tierra_y_Libertad
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Tue Jan-25-05 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
4. It was neither "cold" or necessary. |
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Skidmore
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Tue Jan-25-05 02:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. In my estimation, it was a basically a war instigated by corporations |
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DemocratSinceBirth
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Tue Jan-25-05 02:55 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. That Would Make Sense If Every Member Of The Warsaw Pact |
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shawcomm
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Tue Jan-25-05 03:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
24. Exactly. |
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WoodrowFan
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Tue Jan-25-05 05:29 PM Response to Reply #6 |
40. communall ownership?? |
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DemocratSinceBirth
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Tue Jan-25-05 02:59 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Containing The Soviet Union Was The Correct Policy... |
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Tierra_y_Libertad
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Tue Jan-25-05 03:53 PM Response to Reply #9 |
29. No it wasn't. |
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DemocratSinceBirth
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Tue Jan-25-05 03:56 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. I Think HST, JFK,LBJ,and JEC Were Wise.... |
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Tierra_y_Libertad
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Tue Jan-25-05 04:59 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. So, you agree with the war in Vietnam? |
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theboss
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Tue Jan-25-05 05:16 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Let's see. |
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Lydia Leftcoast
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Wed Jan-26-05 01:59 PM Response to Reply #37 |
67. Unfortunately, the U.S. didn't abandon the Mujahadeen |
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BlueEyedSon
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Tue Jan-25-05 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
5. Apparently the Neocon/Straussian/pre-PNAC people |
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AntiCoup2K4
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Tue Jan-25-05 02:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. True. It was Rummy, Wolfie, and Uncle Dick |
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BlueEyedSon
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Tue Jan-25-05 03:00 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. And on of the Krystals. Perle around? I forget.... |
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DemocratSinceBirth
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Tue Jan-25-05 03:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Democrats Were The Architects Of Containment |
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Acryliccalico
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Tue Jan-25-05 06:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
52. Yes you must see this series.........TELLS IT LIKE IT IS!!! |
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htuttle
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Tue Jan-25-05 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
12. They went FAR, FAR beyond 'containing Communism' |
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DemocratSinceBirth
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Tue Jan-25-05 03:11 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. As I Said In Earlier Posts American Invention Was Unwarranted In Most |
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htuttle
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Tue Jan-25-05 03:15 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. And yet in each of those cases you mention |
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DemocratSinceBirth
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Tue Jan-25-05 03:20 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. The CIA Did Lots Of Things To Undermine The USSR... |
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Blue Wally
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Tue Jan-25-05 03:43 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. We did provide aid and assistance where possible........... |
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htuttle
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Tue Jan-25-05 04:12 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. So, where our 'assistance' was desired by the people |
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Lydia Leftcoast
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Wed Jan-26-05 02:01 PM Response to Reply #19 |
68. Actually what the U.S. did in the early 1950s was urge |
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BrklynLiberal
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Tue Jan-25-05 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
13. As Orwell demonstrated, we needed an enemy "out there" to |
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DemocratSinceBirth
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Tue Jan-25-05 03:13 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. I Diasgree |
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American Tragedy
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Tue Jan-25-05 03:15 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. The Soviets said that they were saving those countries from imperialism |
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DemocratSinceBirth
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Tue Jan-25-05 03:23 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. That's Why They Put Up The Wall Up In Berlin |
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American Tragedy
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Tue Jan-25-05 03:26 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. I certainly agree. |
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DemocratSinceBirth
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Tue Jan-25-05 03:30 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. People Take Their Bourgeois Freedoms For Granted |
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Nederland
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Tue Jan-25-05 06:21 PM Response to Reply #25 |
49. Not sure if you are being sarcastic... |
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tflon
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Tue Jan-25-05 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
14. no doubt |
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KittyWampus
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Tue Jan-25-05 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
16. Yes, But In The End CNN & MTV Were Way More Effective That Bombs |
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DemocratSinceBirth
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Tue Jan-25-05 03:15 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. The Cold War Ended Without A Shot Because We Spent The Soviet Union Into |
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On the Road
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Tue Jan-25-05 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
20. The Soviet Union Needed to be Opposed |
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theboss
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Tue Jan-25-05 04:11 PM Response to Reply #20 |
31. Were the Soviets going to "attack" Western Europe? |
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On the Road
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Tue Jan-25-05 09:47 PM Response to Reply #31 |
60. I Hadn't Thought about West Berlin |
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Lydia Leftcoast
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Wed Jan-26-05 02:12 PM Response to Reply #31 |
69. Afghanistan |
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scarletwoman
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Tue Jan-25-05 06:27 PM Response to Reply #20 |
51. "The Cold War might have been unnecessary..." |
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On the Road
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Tue Jan-25-05 09:25 PM Response to Reply #51 |
59. That's the Only Thing That Could Get Bush Re-elected: |
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Lydia Leftcoast
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Wed Jan-26-05 02:14 PM Response to Reply #51 |
70. When I first spoke with Chinese visiting professors about the Cold War |
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scarletwoman
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Wed Jan-26-05 05:35 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. That rather makes my point, doesn't it. |
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Lydia Leftcoast
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Wed Jan-26-05 06:14 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. Couldn't agree with you more, sw! |
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SoCalifer
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Tue Jan-25-05 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
22. F*ing Wars |
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WoodrowFan
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Tue Jan-25-05 05:24 PM Response to Reply #22 |
39. The International Financiers funded the Bolsheviks |
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SoCalifer
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Tue Jan-25-05 05:33 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. WoodrowFan Really? |
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DemocratSinceBirth
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Tue Jan-25-05 05:43 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Please show me |
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SoCalifer
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Tue Jan-25-05 05:53 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Yes I sure will |
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SoCalifer
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Tue Jan-25-05 06:04 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. International financiers funded the Bolsheviks... ((Video)) |
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SoCalifer
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Tue Jan-25-05 06:05 PM Response to Reply #39 |
46. Your Response |
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DemocratSinceBirth
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Tue Jan-25-05 06:18 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. I Am Looking For Rigorous Scholarship Not Agit Prop |
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SoCalifer
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Tue Jan-25-05 06:15 PM Response to Reply #39 |
47. WoodrowFan, I would like to set something straight |
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DemocratSinceBirth
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Tue Jan-25-05 06:24 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. I Don't Think That's What Woodrow Meant |
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SoCalifer
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Tue Jan-25-05 06:38 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. And Why Would |
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DemocratSinceBirth
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Tue Jan-25-05 06:43 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. You Know That I Can't Prove A Negative.... |
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SoCalifer
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Tue Jan-25-05 06:55 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. So Then What You're Saying |
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DemocratSinceBirth
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Tue Jan-25-05 07:12 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Woodrow Was Implying It's A Crackpot Theory....That's All |
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WoodrowFan
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Tue Jan-25-05 07:19 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. and also one |
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SoCalifer
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Tue Jan-25-05 08:31 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. WoodrowFan |
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leftofthedial
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Tue Jan-25-05 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
33. It was 99% a scam just like Iraq WMD |
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Barney Rocks
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Tue Jan-25-05 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
35. snow job. |
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theboss
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Tue Jan-25-05 05:13 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. I don't want to mulch |
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Tue Jan-25-05 05:19 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Deleted message |
Barney Rocks
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Tue Jan-25-05 10:55 PM Response to Reply #38 |
62. Well--I am fortunate in that |
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NashVegas
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Wed Jan-26-05 01:15 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. My Experience With Communism |
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DemocratSinceBirth
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Wed Jan-26-05 01:35 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. While You Were In Cuba |
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DemocratSinceBirth
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Tue Jan-25-05 05:34 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. What Can We Learn From Them? |
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Barney Rocks
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Tue Jan-25-05 10:56 PM Response to Reply #42 |
63. see my reply above n/t |
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LSdemocrat
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Tue Jan-25-05 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
61. Only in the beginning to keep Western Europe and Japan free |
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Lydia Leftcoast
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Wed Jan-26-05 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
66. Both sides needed it |
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