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  • gentleman@kbin.socialtoPolitical Memes@lemmy.worldClear to me.
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    @PugJesus In my view (and recollection) the whole point of the “star wars” project was to force the Sovs to spend themselves into collapse, which they did. That is why Reagan got credit for “winning” the Cold War. The Sovs were created on a false economic foundation - I’m referring to the forced collectivization of agriculture by Stalin as an example (not the human loss associated with it). So I think they were never whole as a point to rot from.

    To be clear, I’m not a fan of Reagan and never was. He was out of control in Latin America, supported the Shah, lots of bad things. Realpolitik has been controversial for many years but I used the term as a description of how things are. And I agree - fuck Kissinger. The last thing we need is that guy negotiating on his own with his “old friend” in China.

    Have a good evening.

    @Blamemeta @Lapus



  • gentleman@kbin.socialtoPolitical Memes@lemmy.worldClear to me.
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    @PugJesus That was a good line, but he was a very effective communicator. In my view, Reagan wanted what happened to happen - for the Soviet Union to collapse. “Mr. Gobachev, tear down this wall!” The US fucked up a once-in-a-millenium opportunity after the collapse, but that is another topic. After Vietnam, other than in Central America - Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras which were in our sphere of influence, no American President was going to meddle in a regional conflict. Moral opposition doesn’t mean anything to anybody, but that is realpolitic.
    @Blamemeta @Lapus



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    @Blamemeta Trump, his administration, the NRA astonishingly - remember Maria Butina and her boyfriend, the GOP operative?, “Sherriff” Clarke, Roger Stone, the traitor Gen. Mike Flynn, Rep. Dana Rohrbacker, Formerly of Fox News Tuckyeo Rose Carlson, MGT, Matt and Mercedes Shlapp of CPAP, Devin Nunes, and I could go on and on. I grew up during the Cold War and no one hates the fucking Putinistas more than I do. The Putinistas are all conservatives, or claim to be. Reagan must be rolling in his grave.

    @PugJesus





  • @TrinityTek Hi - its not the mods at r/liberalgunowners who removed your post. I’ve been in touch with the mod there and when I made a similar post about Kbin last week it was removed by the Reddit admins, not the sub mods. They wanted to let me know it wasn’t them. Spez has been doing all sorts of shit like that, Its one big reason why I’m done with Spezzit. Post in the m/liberalgunowners magazine here on Kbin-social.