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DhiaDuit · August 26th 13, 05:05 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave

On Sunday, August 25, 2013 4:22:31 AM UTC-5, D. Peter Maus wrote:
On 8/25/13 03:23 , wrote:

This is why SDI was created. To fight missiles with missiles .

SDI was created to drive the Soviets into bankruptcy. SDI didn't

work. Couldn't be made to work. Wasn't supposed to work. It was a

strategy to end the USSR, which was already on the ropes.

If anything actually pushed the evil empire into real bankruptcy- it

was prohibition under Gorbachev... The gov't lost huge part of the

revenue due to very high alcohol prices .This had created a new

industry (underground) and all the money remained in private hands.

Eventually the state planned economy started to collapse . All the

way...

No doubt. But it doesn't change the fact that SDI was a red herring.

It couldn't work, and wasn't supposed to. But it's creation and public

presentation was a strategy to undo the Soviet Union. Whether it was

successful in that may be an issue of some debate, but that was its

purpose.

But, what is that 60 years old car you drive? Is it a Saab car?