Nicholas Geti wrote: >> It was simple: Reagan identified them as the target, then engaged them >> in an arms race that drove them to bankruptcy.
> It was not simple. It was amazing luck that so many things came together at > once. Outspending is only part of the issue. See > http://www.slate.com/id/2102081/ for an interesting take on the history. Hi Nicholas! "Still, at some point, some Kremlin leader would have had to mount a major reassessment of the situation. The Soviet system was dysfunctional; its empire was collapsing; the cupboard was bare. And Reagan's surging military budgets, without question, brought this internal crisis to a head." Fred Kaplan is no doubt a delightful fellow, but he is over complicating it here, and he kind of acknowledges it in the quoted paragraph. He also never served in the Vietnam Era, if at all. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Kaplan -- Regards, Pete http://pete-theisen.com/ _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
