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 From: billnech@msn.com 
  
 "nobody"  wrote in message 
 news:nobody-7729D3.22062204092003@netnews.attbi.com... 
 > In article <3F57EA7C.42924901@nyc.rr.com>, MiKe  
 > wrote: 
 > 
 > > Bill wrote: 
 > > > 
 > > > nobody  wrote in message 
 > > > news:... 
 > > > > In article 
 > > > > , 
 > > > >  "rms1"  wrote: 
 > > > > 
 > > > > > nobody  wrote in message 
 > > > > > news:nobody-965659.08275904092003@netnews.attbi.com... 
 > > > > > 
 > > > > > > If you consider the collapse of the Soviet Union a "waste". 
 > > > > > 
 > > > > > That collapse was inevitable. 
 > > > > 
 > > > > But the timing wasn't 
 > > > > 
 > > > > 
 > > > > >  To claim credit is like the rooster claiming credit for the dawn. 
 > > > > 
 > > > > 
 > > > > Ronny succeeded where many DemocRATs failed.  I know that eats at 
 you. 
 > > > > Tough luck. 
 > > > 
 > > > Back in the 70's, there was a thin but influential book written by a 
 > > > Russian ex-patriot entitled, I believe, "The Last Days of the USSR". 
 > > > I may still have the book someplace.  I'll have to look.  I haven't 
 > > > read it since the 70's.  This is a 25 year memory at work here. 
 > > > 
 > > > In it, the author argued that the Soviet Empire was too top heavy with 
 > > > a bloated military, graft, and had little modern economy to survive 
 > > > more than a couple of more decades.  He also argued that the military 
 > > > did not have the might that everyone thought it did.  In short, he 
 > > > said that the entire regime was a house of cards waiting to fall. 
 > > 
 > > Sounds like BU$H's AmeriKKKa. 
 > 
 > 
 > Maybe, but the Soviet Union is history and we're still here.  That plus 
 > the fact that we ran rough shod over Afghanistan in only a month or two, 
 > something the Soviet Union couldn't do over quite a few years.  Should 
 > tell you something if you weren't so set in your anti US of A mindset. 
 > Hahahahahahha. 
  
 Last I looked, the problems in Afghanistan are hardly over.  The Taliban 
 have regrouped.  Bin Ladin is still hiding out.  Meanwhile, Bush Lite 
 abandoned much of Afghanistan to focus on Iraq.  The fighters in Afghanistan 
 learned well against the Soviets....that if you lie low and fight a guerilla 
 war, eventually the super power will tire. 
  
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