The Iowa Caucases: What do you think?

[Avinash_Tyagi]

1st of all a successful poll in the middle east would be very hard. 2nd there is a very huge uprising building in Iran against there own government. There have been huge protest by college students. What did we really do in Afghanistan before 9/11. I know we were involved but we had no huge actions. We have always been involved in the world but the main reason for hatred towards America comes from propaganda. It comes down to 2 views. Do you think America is good and has good attentions? I do. I have also talked to men serving in Iraq and they told me that we are doing good and alot of the Iraqies want to help us but fear for their lives.

Yeah there is a movement agains the Iranian government, but not in support of the US, we created an area of instability in Afghanistan rather than working to set up a viable government, this led to the Taliban rise. I think America is a country with no actual good or bad nature, it just is, it acts in its best interest, and its best interest is in being cooperative and non-arrogant, we have supported the most vile dictators when its suited us, so we aren't good or evil, we just are.

For the Cold War. You give Reagan not enough credit. We had talks with Russia but they all ended with Nixon. Reagan was huge on being the biggest and the strongest nation. He believed in the Idea to stop a nuclear war that you must have enough nukes that both sides knows it wont happen. Before Reagan we had no Rockets long enough to hit all of Russia. We had some in Alaska but it wouldnt of gone far enough. We would of had to rely on Planes to deliver them. Russia had no real way to stirke at us except on the west coast and for a while from Cuba. Reagan was the one that made sure if It borke out that we would obliterate them. He and the Soviets knew they could never began the war for it would destroy humanity but Reagan still played it safe. If it ever broke out it was gonna be who could obliterate who the fastest. The collapse of the USSR came for a few reasons. The biggest being econnomic decline which meant they couldnt compete with us anymore. Especially when we had Reagan making us more powerful than we had ever been before.

No there were negotiations during Carter administration as well.

No we wouldn't have obliterated them, we would have obliterated everyone. You forget they had long range bombers as well as ICBMs, as well as sub based nukes, they could have easily hit most of the US, just as we could hit most of Russia, and the fallout would have killed everyone else off.

Reagan didn't make us more powerful, he just set up the current looming fiscal problems, basically he borrowed against today, now we are facing fiscal problems thaks to the actions back then