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But he did do the domestic program. Which did cause it to fall apart. You can lose a war through your own actions, without any activity on your enemy’s part.
by quantified 5y ago
But he did do the domestic program. Which did cause it to fall apart. You can lose a war through your own actions, without any activity on your enemy’s part.
And it’s not like the loser of the Cold War had to start paying tribute to, or got occupied by, the winner.
- panick21_ 5y agoBut my point is that those are not linked. The Soviet Union didn't collapse because they ended the Cold War.
- quantified 5y agoBut they did, in fact, both lose the Cold War and collapse. Unless somehow either the West decided it wasn’t worth it anymore and called it a draw, but that would be highly revisionist.