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Originally posted by Secret_Agent_Man
Maybe so.
Would that be better or worse for the United States than what we have now, in light of the events of the past 16 years?
Discuss.
S_A_M
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Well, you're right that the 2-superpower model kept in check a number of regional problems, owing to the fact that one power or other other made them shut up in the interest of staying in the good graces of said superpower. But I think it's too hard to assume away the USSR's underlying problems and imagine a 1980-era USSR around today. Even though we did spend them into penury with the Cold War, it's hard to really visualize them tromping around in today's environment.
Besides, NK wasn't really under one umbrella or the other, right?
