"Bert Robbins" wrote in message
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"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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"Bert Robbins" wrote in message
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Communism was and is a plague on this earth and we needed to defeat the
Soviets to thwart their expansionism all over the world. Even the
ChiCom's know that Communism is a failure but, it is the only way that
the communist aristocracy can keep control of the flow of money and
ideas.

Communism is a red herring. If it's not communism, it's Islamic
fundamentalists. It's always something, and the "something" usually means
"not like us". By the way, have you noticed that since we left, communism
has NOT spread to Indonesia, the Phillippines or Australia? Take
Australia off the list because applying the domino theory to that country
was just plain silly. What about the other two?

Doug, you need to expand your horizons and look at the issues from both
sides. The communists didn't like us because we weren't like them. The
Muslims don't like us because we aren't like them.

Communism has not been able to sustain itself due to its inability to
satisfy mans inherent greed. Without reward for ones work one settles into
just doing enough to get by. That is the legacy of communism, turning
productive members of society into sloths.


Your last paragraph is absolutely correct. Do you see why you have kicked
the foundation out from under the reason for our presence in Vietnam?

And, tell me this: Some people believe that one way to collapse the last
remnants of communism in China is to crank up the trade. What do you think
about that?