Chaos, corruption, greed, an unnecessary war in Afghanistan, and oil price manipulation by the Saudis brought down the Soviet government. There was no open rebellion to be put down by the government. Unlike the Chinese a la Tiananmen Square.
How much consent you gonna give when facing down a tank? On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 9:45 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: > > Total firepower superiority in the hands of the federal government didn't > save the USSR. It's all about the consent of the governed, folks ... > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:354120 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
