[lbo-talk] "yes we can"

[tully]

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