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Re: killing

Posted By: jon, on host 64.230.147.87
Date: Tuesday, October 16, 2001, at 09:29:26
In Reply To: Re: killing posted by wintermute on Tuesday, October 16, 2001, at 01:59:12:

> I might also be wrong, but I thought that the western intelligence agencies had been working to bring about said collapse. Which would make it difficult for them to be suprised when they succeeded.
>
> winter"Anyone actually know?"mute

The CIA's involvement in Afghanistan was definitely a contributing factor to the winning of that war, which in turn was a contributing factor to the collapse of the USSR. The other may have been Star Wars, which didn't really exist much beyond paper, but looked technologically feasible to the USSR. A history teacher of mine once described Star Wars as Reagan's greatest bluff - the USSR was scared stiff that its nuclear deterrent was going to be useless, and they knew they didn't have the technology or resources to do anything about it. There's little doubt in my mind that the CIA capitalized on these fears in some way.

jon

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Re: killing - Rob J D - Tue, 10/16/2001, 11:49:23
- Re: killing - MarkN - Tue, 10/16/2001, 14:47:48
  - Re: killing - Henry - Wed, 10/17/2001, 08:29:02
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- Re: killing - jon - Tue, 10/16/2001, 13:11:00
- Re: killing - Stephen - Tue, 10/16/2001, 12:16:48

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Message:	> > I might also be wrong, but I thought that the western intelligence agencies had been working to bring about said collapse. Which would make it difficult for them to be suprised when they succeeded. > > > > winter"Anyone actually know?"mute > > The CIA's involvement in Afghanistan was definitely a contributing factor to the winning of that war, which in turn was a contributing factor to the collapse of the USSR. The other may have been Star Wars, which didn't really exist much beyond paper, but looked technologically feasible to the USSR. A history teacher of mine once described Star Wars as Reagan's greatest bluff - the USSR was scared stiff that its nuclear deterrent was going to be useless, and they knew they didn't have the technology or resources to do anything about it. There's little doubt in my mind that the CIA capitalized on these fears in some way. > > jon
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