[FlyVet]

For those who bother to study history, it was precisely the opposite policies in the 1980s — pouring tons of money into military equipment — which brought the Cold War and its threat of nuclear annihilation to an end.

I'll quibble with that. I'm one of those who thought that Communism and the Cold war was dormant for a while, but it's impossible to kill.

The nuke missiles are all still out there.

As long as there is a population of poor and oppressed, along will come a Communist leader who will convince the P & O that he is the solution to their problems.

It's human nature.

[tet68]

As long as there is a population of poor and oppressed, along will come a Communist leader who will convince the P & O that he is the solution to their problems.

It’s human nature.

He’s a “community organizer”.

[GOYAKLA]

When I was in high school (51-53)in Miami, we had 2 brothers that were card carrying Communists as classmates. They and their father on Saturdays & Sundays, would be in what is call now Overtown Community Organizing the under-privilleged black people. It was well documented in the Miami Herald and TV.
In school they would sometimes be in fights,the Korean War was on going then.