“For decades the US spent trillions in anticipation with a conflict with the Soviet Union.”
Let me turn that fiction into fact for you:
For decades the US spent trillions trying to start a conflict with the Soviet Union.
“”””For decades the US spent trillions trying to start a conflict with the Soviet Union.””””
You might want to look at the offensive nature of the ground troop units Russia had facing NATO versus the defensive nature of the NATO forces, did Russia really need 7 Airborne Divisions and so many bridge building units to defend their ill-gotten gains?
To start a war didn’t all we have to do would be to move to help someone like the Poles, or East Germany, or one of the many other nations that fled the Russian master when the chance came?
“ we will bury you”
Said by who?