[1rudeboy]

Your choice of the term "Cold War II" is interesting. Should it come to pass, what makes you think that W's policies will ensure a defeat? By your own reasoning, Carter's policies should have ensured a defeat in Cold War I.

[Paul Ross]

Carter's policies would have led to defeat. There was a steam-roller of countries turning to the Soviet Union's orbit. It was only by the grace of God that we were given a stay of execution, and Carter was fired by the voters before his policies could become irreversible. He still runs around like his rejection didn't happen. And he is just as stupid as ever.

[rightwing2]

Your choice of the term "Cold War II" is interesting. Should it come to pass, what makes you think that W's policies will ensure a defeat? By your own reasoning, Carter's policies should have ensured a defeat in Cold War I.

Carter never dreamed about disarming the US nuclear arsenal down to the levels that Bush has proposed. When Carter left office, the US had 10,000-11,000 strategic nukes and 30,000 plus nukes overall. Carter's policies were short term and were quickly reversed by Ronald Reagan. However, Bush, only recently elected is likely to get a second term and see his decimation of our strategic nuclear arsenal mostly implemented. Also, there is no visionary Ronald Reagan waiting in the wings to reverse course from Bush's dangerous unilateral disarmament/Communist appeasement policies when Bush leaves office.