Obama; Unwilling to say the US won the Cold War (radical, Kennedy)

[BigJon3475]

Originally Posted by GracieJJ

What a pile of stool this thread is. The op clearly has little or no clue what life and strategies are all about. Is it any wonder the world hates Americans, cuz of all the morons that reside in it.

Why not provide something insightful instead of regurgitated rhetoric. Or do you not have a clue about the Cold War either and just wanted to bloviate too?

[compJockey]

Those of you who want Obama to proclaim that we won the cold war, what is the point?

What good do you hope to get from it?

Will our ties with Russia be stronger as a result?

Will they be cowed and submissive?

Or will it simply soothe fragile reagan-loving ego's?

[saganista]

The only people in the world who believe that Ronald Reagan was responsible for the breakup of the Soviet Union are American right-wingers. The only people in the world who believe that Osama bin Laden was responsible for the breakup of the Soviet Union are Muslim right-wingers. Their capacities for self-delusion may not be the only thing these two groups share...

[saganista]

Originally Posted by MovingForward

There's nothing to be "rebutted." Just a bunch of children claiming that their Daddy is better than somebody else's Daddy. Pathetic, really.

Thanks for putting the thread into proper context.

[Icy Tea]

Obama just tells people what they want to hear, whether its the truth or not.. usually not.

[robertjohnson]

Originally Posted by Visvaldis

The US didn't win the Cold War.
President Ronald Reagan did it all by himself.

Where is my mock knocker?
That deserves several good whacks.

The next time you see Gorbachev ask about Reykjavik.
Seldom in history does one man
and a single idea
provide the spark
that profoundly changes the direction of world history for the better.

RIP RR

[Cav Scout wife]

Originally Posted by uggabugga

sad, but hardly surprising.

bammers has tremendous difficulty acknowledging that America has every done anything good; he's far more worried about hurting pooty-poot's feelings.

I think he is more worried about Pooty Poot kicking his a$$ if he gets out of line, lol.

[robertjohnson]

Originally Posted by BigJon3475

Why not provide something insightful instead of regurgitated rhetoric. Or do you not have a clue about the Cold War either and just wanted to bloviate too?

This is one of the cool perks of being a lefty.
You get a framework of thought that allows you to 'understand'
complex ideas or situations that you know absolutely nothing about.
The wisdom ignorance.

[sanrene]

The correct answer is the West won the Cold War. However, Obama's response is appropriate for the current situation. After all, why agitate an ally who, for example, has entered...

Oh, yes, why do that indeed;

Obama makes pointed quip on Russian sale of Alaska | Politics | Reuters

Referring to the long history of Russia-U.S. trade stretching back more than two centuries, Obama told an audience of business people in Moscow:

"Along the way, you gave us a pretty good deal on Alaska. Thank you."

Czar Alexander II's sale of Alaska to the United States in 1867 for $7.2 million in gold, around 1.9 cents per acre, was regarded by Russians as a national disgrace -- particularly once it became clear that the province was rich in oil.

[sanrene]

The collapse of the USSR, however, was based on its own flawed practices. and the anger of its people That is what Obama is saying. The United States did not liberate the then-Soviet people.

Is that what they teach now in liberal indoctrination studies?