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Offline Ripsnort

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Was it a good thing that the U.S. Gov't tried to prevent communism from spreading?
« on: August 27, 2003, 10:15:09 AM »
With all things considered abroad, was it (in your opinion) a good thing that Truman, Ike, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Reagan and their respective administrations tried to prevent communism from spreading? I'm not speaking in terms of specifically how the prevention was executed, but in terms of "Was the move to prevent it from spreading in the best interests of the United States and World peace?"

What would have happened if we had not made a stand in Berlin(Berlin Airlift)? How about Korea in 1950? How would the world be today had we just let some of these nations that had Soviet Union support go at it without intervention?

Was it good, or a total waste of taxpayers dollars?
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Offline NUKE

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« Reply #1 on: August 27, 2003, 10:20:04 AM »
My short answer is that it was good and it also helped drive our industries, technology and economy.
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« Reply #2 on: August 27, 2003, 10:21:48 AM »
I think communism stopped itself from spreading.
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« Reply #3 on: August 27, 2003, 10:31:57 AM »
"I'm not speaking in terms of specifically how the prevention was executed, but in terms of "Was the move to prevent it from spreading in the best interests of the United States and World peace?"

Question for you then.

Was Mao Tse Tung good for China?  Ignoring all of the "bad communism" rethoric and how he used force to achieve his goals of course.

Loaded question?

Yup.
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« Reply #4 on: August 27, 2003, 10:34:25 AM »
communism is bad... mmmmmkay.

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« Reply #5 on: August 27, 2003, 10:49:39 AM »
What would the world be like today if we, the US, had not done ANYTHING?
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« Reply #6 on: August 27, 2003, 10:54:23 AM »
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What would the world be like today if we, the US, had not done ANYTHING?


Sixpense would be sent to a re-education clinic for speaking out against Comrade Clinton in so sarcastic a manner.
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« Reply #7 on: August 27, 2003, 10:58:23 AM »
We'd all live happily in Oceania guided by our beloved Premier Mr Bush.  Anyone who could not toe the line in our People's Utopia would be sent to the front lines fo the fight against Eurasia or Eastasia.
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« Reply #8 on: August 27, 2003, 11:00:40 AM »
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We'd all live happily in Oceania guided by our beloved Premier Mr Bush.  Anyone who could not toe the line in our People's Utopia would be sent to the front lines fo the fight against Eurasia or Eastasia.


Sounds like a Liberal paradise!  

Stay tuned for the 2 minutes of hate!
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« Reply #9 on: August 27, 2003, 11:00:46 AM »
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What would the world be like today if we, the US, had not done ANYTHING?


My crystal ball is in for repairs.

My decision ball says "Mute point".

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« Reply #10 on: August 27, 2003, 11:06:45 AM »
We will never know

Only answer i can think of that is 100% correct.
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« Reply #11 on: August 27, 2003, 11:21:54 AM »
it's spelled moot.... :D

and be sure you don't confuse "Comunisim" with "Stalinism"  huge diffrance....    Problem is extremiteis ... why can't we have a happy mix of social democracy;  If the coutries that tried communisim didn't go all out, they might have had better luck ... (or if US sanctions didn't stifle them)

Total capitalism is a bad thing too .... did someone say strip mine?  Hope you see what i mean about extreamties..
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« Reply #12 on: August 27, 2003, 11:33:45 AM »
Westy, that'd be double plus ungood.

In response to the original thread, I think it was a good thing.  With 20/20 hindsight, I think some of the steps taken ended up backfiring*, but that the US maintained the stance and too the actions it did was for the better.
* Who needs a Shah?  Whoops....
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« Reply #13 on: August 27, 2003, 11:35:08 AM »
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it's spelled moot.... :D


Correct..my bad.
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« Reply #14 on: August 27, 2003, 12:20:25 PM »
I think communism was a good idea perhaps back in the day but it's way too easily abused by corrupt leaders. IMO
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