Regan had a plan? Naw. USSR may have been bankrupted in part due to the arms race, but that was a side effect of it and not the intent of it.
On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 9:25 PM, Robert Munn <cfmuns...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 7:33 PM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Interesting myth that. Too bad the rest of the world doesn't believe > > it. The Germans, the Bulgarians, Poles etc know that it was their own > > people who forced the communist regimes out, with no real help from > > Ronnie Raygun, just some empty rhetoric. > > Nice re-writing of history there. Reagan bankrupted the USSR through > the arms race. That was the entire strategy - force them to spend so > much that they bankrupted themselves and destroyed not just their > government but the entire Soviet system, worldwide > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:328547 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
