gorgepir said:
phil said:
gorgepir said:
What you guys say sounds strange. I guess the americans view on how the Soviet Union collapsed must be very different. In none of the scenarios that I have heard does it involve the americans specifically in any way. The Soviet union collapsed because they couldn't have an arms race with the united states! That is strange to hear, because normally weapon exports are one of the more lucrative industries. Normally you make more money by selling weapons more than you have to spend. |
They ran their economy into the ground trying to maintain a power parity with the United States, they weren't building arms solely for export. It costs money to house missiles. It's not that complicated. |
You make them for 10 million, sell them for 50. |
Yeah... I don't think it works that way.
Notice how when Reagan restarted the cold war the US went from being the worlds largest creditor to the worlds largest debitor.
This whole Crisis is totally Reagan's fault, his vodoo economics still live on today to some degree.
When you sell weapons you rarely get a lot of money up front. Even less so when you want them to have weapons to counteract your arch rival.
