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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Sold to whom? You know the State of the Union isn't really a good time to say "We're kicking up spending to make it seem like we want a war- so they'll realize they can't compete." Even then the Soviets watched US TV.
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We're talking about what conservatives believed in the 1980s. I took them at their word. You are now suggesting, in their defense, that our policies were based on a big lie.
Odd, that.
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