Aid to Russia

William S. Lear rael at dejanews.com
Fri Sep 4 08:44:29 PDT 1998


On Thu, September 3, 1998 at 22:07:06 (-0700) Brad De Long writes:
>...
>The Soviets may have been poor, but the Red Army was still very impressive.

Not according to Andrew Cockburn.


>The Russians may be poor, but we would much rather that they were a happy
>industrial democracy rather than an imperial ex-superpower on the make...

Even better, a poor 3rd world source for cheap labor, raw materials, and a dumping grounds for our toxic wastes?

Bill



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