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Old 06-09-2004, 02:46 AM  
slavdogg
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Originally posted by KRL
The Soviet Union was on its last breath. With or without Reagan it was only a matter of time before it collapsed. You can only play the shell game for so long and they got away with it for way longer than most countries do.

it might have been, but what really put them over the edge and bankrupted them was massive military spending they tried to keep up with in the US. Would the events unfolded in the same time frame as they did if lets say Carter was pres? i highly doubt it.
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