To: Billthedrill
There is a complication in today’s political stance that makes an amicable separation unlikely,
We tend to look at the future thru our history. But there is a recent demise of a world power that is much more likely.
We woke up one morning, read the newspaper and learned the USSR was kaput. In essence a centralized union of states disbanded without a shot fired.
35 posted on
11/16/2018 4:05:14 PM PST by
PeterPrinciple
(Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
To: PeterPrinciple
In essence a centralized union of states disbanded without a shot fired. The Ukrainians, Georgians, and Chechens might take issue with that statement.
To: PeterPrinciple
In essence a centralized union of states disbanded without a shot fired.
Almost. The Red Army shot and killed three Russians after Yeltsen took over parliament in August 1991. Later, the Russian Federation would honor these three men on postage stamps!
But you're right, this revolution was quite different than the Russian civil war in 1917-22 that killed 10 million people.
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