[Sherman Logan]

Yup.

The other thing I remember is the constant claim that the USSR was only defending itself against our aggression, that if they dropped their guard we would destroy them. That the conflict was both sides’ fault. The old moral equivalency.

Then USSR fell apart and there was zero aggression from the West against them. In fact, a general tendency to want to be of assistance. IOW, the only cause of the conflict was the antagonism of the commies. When that went away, there was no conflict.

Yet somehow nobody ever seems to use this indisputable evidence to point out how totally wrong leftists were about the cause of the Cold War.

[ansel12]

The other thing I remember is the constant claim that the USSR was only defending itself against our aggression, that if they dropped their guard we would destroy them. That the conflict was both sides’ fault. The old moral equivalency. Then USSR fell apart and there was zero aggression from the West against them. In fact, a general tendency to want to be of assistance. IOW, the only cause of the conflict was the antagonism of the commies. When that went away, there was no conflict. Yet somehow nobody ever seems to use this indisputable evidence to point out how totally wrong leftists were about the cause of the Cold War.

What a pure and accurate description, you really know and remember this history.