[lbo-talk] "yes we can"

tully tully2 at gmail.com
Thu Feb 7 22:05:15 PST 2008


On Thursday 07 February 2008, Doug Henwood wrote:
>Yeah, Gorby helped destroy the USSR, didn't he?
>
>But the Soviet elite realized it couldn't match the U.S. arms
>buildup, no?

I believe the USSR's 10 year engagement with Afghanistan was the main cause of breaking the USSR, just like Afghanistan and Iraq are breaking the US now. Carter and Brzezinski did more to bring down the USSR than anything Reagan did.

--tully



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