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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
are you serious? do you think Islamic terrorism and Iran N/K would not have grown with the UUSR around?
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Just raising a question I find interesting, and don't pretend to know the answer to . . Would WE be better off with the Soviet Union still around?
Islamic terrorism/jihad was growing -- but it was focused on the Soviets much more than the U.S. due largely to geography and spheres of influence (e.g. Afghanistan). Also -- the godless Communists are worse than the infidel Christians.
Iran -- may or may not have made a difference.
North Korea -- I think it would have made a difference and NK would likely not have a bomb today if the Soviets had survived and the Russian paymasters had kept the gravy train going and the leash on NK (to some extent). The Soviets definitely did not want NK to have a bomb any more than China did.
However, NK does have some leverage in that relationship, because both China and the Soviets want to keep them extant on the Korean Penninsula.
S_A_M
