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To: HLPhat

I’m not sure how that has any relation to what I said there about Communism and Animal Farm. However, I will mention this much: you DO realize that there’s ample evidence to suggest that Eisenhower was also referring to the impending space race as well with that speech, right? I might as well add another tidbit you might not know: We were far ahead of the Russians in technological development back then, and if anything, them even LAUNCHING Sputnik first was deliberately allowed by Eisenhower specifically because he knew if America itself launched it first, Stalin and the USSR would claim that we technically broke international law and thus orchestrate a lot of protests akin to the Wisconsin rioters regarding Scott Walker’s election. In other words, the Russians sole achievement in that field was literally a handicap we gave them.

In fact, prior to that, he knew thanks to prior U2 spy plane reconnaissance that we had a massive edge over the USSR in terms of military satellites, rockets, and intercontinental ballistic missiles. And, by August 24, 1960, A U.S. Satellite managed to yield several pictures dealing with 1.5 million square feet of Soviet territory, among which included sixty-four airfields, twenty-six surface to air missile sites, and one major rocket launching facility, all of which managed to surpass years of U2 reconnaisance in only a matter of days, with the Soviets by that time having no comparable surveillance capabilities.


77 posted on 08/19/2017 6:32:35 AM PDT by otness_e
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To: otness_e

>>I’m not sure how that has any relation to what I said there about Communism and Animal Farm.

Pretty simple.

The Jesuits perfected their “beautiful” model of communism in their Farms (Reductions) in Paraguay.

Funny how the theocratic state-worshiping swine never teach the natives enough to actually RUN the farm themselves - but just enough to keep the apples, milk, and whiskey flowing into the farm house.


78 posted on 08/19/2017 6:41:31 AM PDT by HLPhat (It takes a Republic TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS - not a populist Tyranny of the Majority)
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80 posted on 08/19/2017 6:54:49 AM PDT by HLPhat (It takes a Republic TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS - not a populist Tyranny of the Majority)
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