The United States going the way of the Soviet Union?

[Hope springs eternal]

Is the United States going the way of the Soviet Union? Decimiated economy, short life span, imperial overreach, social destruction, the whole bit?


I always thought that the cold war was a battle between two ultamite losers. I never thought I'd be right...

[htuttle]

1. But we have better teevee than they did!

...or at least we used to.

[Fovea]

2. Wrong verb tense

but essentially, yes.

Note my SIG line.

"America, the envy of the rest of the 3rd world."

[file83]

3. You forgot the biggest parallel: On going war in Afghanistan...

[TallahasseeGrannie]

4. I think we are in for some narrowing of our

perspective, shall we say? But we don't have the huge issue of all those territories to disengage from.

[The Backlash Cometh]

5. Imagine that. do you think we'll disjoin the states?

Do you think that's what's behind the selling of our national parks?

[Massacure]

6. Bin Laden seems to be pulling a Ronald Reagan.

Forcing a country into bankruptcy by spending too much on their military.

[NewJeffCT]

7. The Soviet economic system was on the brink of collapse before Reagan

Many think that Reagan's hard line & ramping up of defense spending caused the hardliners in the Soviet Union to dig in their heels. A more moderate stance might have ended the Cold War in 1981 instead of having it last throughout the 80s.

[Massacure]

8. Shut up! The Freepers don't know that!

:rofl:

[Generator]

9. Yep

When you spend all your dough on the military and put nothing into education, healthcare, jobs and infrastructure..well whaddya get? Not much but a lot of war. The cost of fear is enormous. The cost of propaganda incaluable.