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wwcd101 · 07-24-2003, 07:07 AM

Historical analysis is good, but you have to remember what the goal was.

Up to the fall of the Berlin wall, the primary US goal was to stop the spread of Communism. Fortunately, we were successful. Unfortunately, we were then left with situations like Iraq, like Palestine/Isreal, like Iran, like N. Korea, etc. that are really just the baggage left over from the successful strategies utilized to win the Cold War. They aren't pretty, but each has to be looked at in the broader context. They have to be dealt with, but what's worse, nuclear annihilation or chasing down Saddam or Bin Ladin?

Fortunately, we are now dealing with them.

Thanks for listening.

07-24-2003, 07:07 AM	#87 (permalink)
wwcd101 Insane	Historical analysis is good, but you have to remember what the goal was. Up to the fall of the Berlin wall, the primary US goal was to stop the spread of Communism. Fortunately, we were successful. Unfortunately, we were then left with situations like Iraq, like Palestine/Isreal, like Iran, like N. Korea, etc. that are really just the baggage left over from the successful strategies utilized to win the Cold War. They aren't pretty, but each has to be looked at in the broader context. They have to be dealt with, but what's worse, nuclear annihilation or chasing down Saddam or Bin Ladin? Fortunately, we are now dealing with them. Thanks for listening.