OzOne wrote in message ...
On Sun, 06 Jun 2004 12:09:28 GMT, "Maxprop"
scribbled thusly:

Oh? How would you define the ending of a nearly four-decade nuclear
standoff between two superpowers when one declares an abandonment of its
prime socioeconomic and governmental principles and the other does not
change?


Ummmm a fairy tale?

If there was ever going to be a winner and loser it would never have
happened.

Oh, and maybe a quick look at a timeline might help..

Hmmm. What sort of revisionist (or simply conveniently altered) history do
you get there in Oztralia?

The cold war ended when a socialist nation simply could not continue under
socialism. No one was producing anything, and the gummint could no longer
provide for its people, let alone maintain the monstrous war machine it had
created. Did the US (Reagan) accomplish this via any means, such as STI?
Debatable, and inconclusive. But the USSR imploded, leaving the USA the
sole remaining superpower. USA 1, USSR 0.

Okay, let's now hear the Ozzy version.

Max