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The fact is, of course, that both the Truman and Eisenhower Administrations, in order to push their enormous armaments programs through Congress and to justify the continuation of the cold war, have felt compelled to resort to the device of keeping the American people in a state of alarm over some alleged menace of Soviet or Communist origin.

This argument carried no weight with the Leftist Romantic who admired the Soviet Union for its rebellious and revolutionary image. The Soviet Union was a threat, as Truman, Eisenhower, Reagan and all rational Americans knew.

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This argument carried no weight with the Leftist Romantic ...

Ooooo. I love that name for the peace-weenies: Leftist Romantics!

But I don't understand why you say those sentiments carried no weight with them. They're using them to this day. Any threat is discounted as scare-mongering. Any offensive action is a threat to our constitutional rights. Etc., etc., etc.