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In reply to the discussion: The Mighty Wurlitzer: How the CIA Played America [View all]jwirr
(39,215 posts)interested in seeing the real USSR the day the Wall fell.
And then I was shocked. We had been sold on the idea that the USSR was on an equal economic level with the US - a viable threat to our way of life. The other part of the propaganda was of course how very strong they were from a military standpoint.
The military issue was laid to rest when their army was beaten by Afghanistan soldiers. So they are not the real threat we were told to believe. But then shortly after this the Wall falls. They cannot even prevent their own satellite countries from breaking away. They tried but it did now work.
With the Wall down we get a good look at their economic wealth. And we see hospitals with no supplies. Stores with little food, etc. They were poor. Not just some poor people in their country but a poor country. A country that has spent most of its budget on military equipment that is not enough in the end to even win a war with their neighbors.
It did not take me long to realize that the CIA and our government had been lying to us for decades regarding the real threat to our nation. Possibly the only thing that was true was that the USSR had nukes. And in itself that is scary enough.
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