-=> Quoting Mike Angwin to David Hartung <=-
 DH> Mike, I tend to disagree with you on this, but I must admit, you make 
 DH> compelling argument. On the subject of having our forces deployed
 DH> around the world, this strategy has been listed as one of the causes o
 DH> the Soviet implosion.
 MA> Again I am in a minority position, but I beleive the Soviet
 MA> Union collapsed because it's ecconimic system was flawed, not because
 MA> it fell so far behind the United States in how many times it could
 MA> obliterate humanity.  It was in the realm of ecconomics that the
 MA> Soviets were destroyed and they destroyed themselves. Their
 MA> agricultural system, based on non-productive collectives and inferior
 MA> grains simply couldn't feed their populations.
 You are exactly right, and on this issue, I don't believe that you are
 in the minority. I believe that Reagan's insistence on a strong
 military, and a foreign policy which didn't back down to the Soviets,
 as a minimum, hastened their downfall, by forcing the Soviets to expend
 resources on defense which could have been spent on other things.
 david.hartung@mcione.com
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