To: John Carey
But if the U.S. started fighting, he added, its economy would suffer a major blow and it would face the same destiny as the Soviet Union — whose ill-fated 1980s occupation of Afghanistan heralded its disintegration.Cavemen shouldn’t play at economics.
2 posted on
09/09/2006 10:23:34 PM PDT by
dighton
To: dighton
Free markets are *far* more flexible than the Soviet economy could ever even dream of being.
The financial drain of Afghanistan injured their economy; Ronald Reagan's "Star Wars" program spent them under the table and crushed their empire. It would have been cheap at twice the price.
6 posted on
09/09/2006 10:44:13 PM PDT by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: dighton
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15 posted on
09/10/2006 3:12:37 AM PDT by
lmr
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