Chairboy, im not arguing anything, just saying that Lazs' 'someone' who was paying for the free stuff was infact everyone, so no one person was copping any more or less of a raw deal than any other person.
And I believe socialism in fact doesnt distribute goods equally to all, but on a basis of what you put in.....ie put in heaps, get heaps out.....put in next to nothing, get next to nothing back.
And the nukes thing is my whole point.........would the West have used nukes to invade russia if russia didnt have any? I seriously doubt it.
So why the need for Russia to defend herself? Where was the threat.
The nuclear threat from the West was a threat only if Russia attacked.
There was never any danger whatsoever of the West nuking Russia, if Russia stayed at home and lived peacefully.
Im not trying to blue sky anything, I am questioning why Russia felt threatened by the West, when in fact we posed no threat at all.
I whole heartedly agree, the cold war and the arms race was a Western
reaction to Soviet actions, and their stated goal of crushing the west.
A Russian might say that the Soviet nuclear build up was in response to America having a worldwide nuclear capability, what I want to know, is why
did /does Russia consider that a threat?
Do Russian believe that the West would invade and destroy or occupy Russia, if it werent for the threat of nuclear world destruction?
