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Old 08-14-2006, 06:56 PM
AdrienXII AdrienXII is offline
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Default Re: Cindy Crawford - Jordan

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Originally Posted by Gort
Look Adrien this guy is beating his chest just a little too much, but the Soviets did in fact try to compete with the US in the arms race with an economy that simply could not peform. Had it not been for 7 consecutive US Presidents pushing the USSR they would more than likely still be in power.
I don't know about that. The USSR had too many problems with its agriculture, I think. But what's that to do with the Cold War? The USSR ended when Russians got really fed up with it.