| ...You do realize the Cold War was not 'won' by the US, right? First of all, the war was not the US versus the USSR, it was Western World versus Communism. Second, it was never an actual war. It was a state of panic on both sides, with many politicians using people's fear to serve their own hidden agendas. Nobody 'won' anything. Everyone interfered with other countries in order to undermine the enemy. Eventually, the USSR just collapsed on its own after the corruption broke it apart from within. In other words, it was a waste of time, human life, etc. That's why most people did not support the Korean or Vietnam wars: it was not like World War II, where everyone united together in response to Pearl Harbor. If anything, everyone lost. Sure, the USSR collapsed, but we didn't cause that. As for your 'answer' for No. 5: The reasons are never just or good. Politicians want to interfere for their own personal gain. The people who listen to them are driven by revenge, fear, and ignorance. We did not go the Middle East to stop terrorism. If we wanted to stop terrorism, we would have been fighting over there long before 9/11. We wanted revenge, and politicians wanted oil and votes. These are not excuses, these are REASONS. There is a very big difference. The "War on Terrorism" was our excuse, revenge, fear, and the need for oil were our reasons. |
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