[kearnyirish2]

Under Kruschev we fought the proxy wars in Korea and Vietnam (at least the beginning); with Putin we’ve had no such wars.

[Cold Heat]

That’s what you do in a Cold war.

And yes, it is interesting about the commie/capitalist.

They discovered through years of trial and error that they can’t run a business and grow it in a competitive environment. It just does not work, for obvious reasons.

So that is why the Red Chinese have imposed their version of capitalism. But don’t invest there. they still hate westerners and will steal you money while the government looks on and does nothing.

[Cold Heat]

We also supported the Shaw in Iran, for a time supported Saddam Hussein in his war against Russian backed Iran and them invaded Russian backed Iraq twice, not to mention various and sundry African conflicts..all Russian backed and that I suspect will once again continue.