RE: The Evils of Communism (was RE: American Attitudes)

[Charlie Bell]

Kat wrote:
> My family celebrated, but I don't recall anyone being real
> surprised. By then it was seen- by the people I knew and loved at
least-
> as only a matter of time.
and Gautam replied...
If that's so, then they were just about the only ones.  The CIA didn't
predict it.  The SIS didn't predict it.  The DGSE didn't predict it.
The Mossad didn't predict it.  No one did, actually.

Gautam's right in that no-one predicted it happening just when it did.

However, everyone did expect it. In another 5-10-15 years, possibly, if
things went well. Everyone thought the slow change would continue. It was
the astounding speed of the whole event that was most remarkable at the
time.

Charlie