>>>>>>>>>>It would be idiotic to keep our defenses in Kansas and wait until they are needed on US soil.
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>>>>>>>>>So, in retrospect, the USSR had all the good reasons to keep troops in Cuba?
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>>>>>>>>The USSR had valid reasons to keep troops in Cuba.
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>>>>>>>>The USSR, however, was bent on world domination and subjugation.
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>>>>>>>Whereas the US was not. I get it.
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>>>>>>Assuming that both USA and USSR wanted domination of the world, there is a big difference. The USA wanted it for the betterment of the American people and the USSR didn't give a damn about the their people. Big difference.
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>>>>>I thought you would see through the propaganda of both sides. Betterment is not in just buying cars.
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>>>>I knew (from many of your posts) that you never liked USA. But I was hoping that you would be more objective, since unlike Mason, you lived under the USSR-type regime.
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>>>What is it with these surnames. Are you a teacher ?
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>>>Actually Dragan lived in the former Yugoslavia which could be described as USSR lite
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>>USSR (or Yugoslavia) is not a beer or a software application. Yugoslavia was much better off than USSR (in terms of standard of living and some freedoms). And to add to what Tracy asked you, I would like to know who you consider "upper class" in the USSR?
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>The political elite. Many of whom went on to do very well in the newly privatised Russia. While the ordinary Russians where left bobbing in their wakes.
>People like Abramovich are little better than the robber barons.

I stand by what I said before; you are absolutely ignorant of what USSR was and what Russian is like now. I can't even see that you know much about anything except spewing your socialist and anti-American sentiments.