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"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
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Wolfgang Schwanke wrote in
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Bertie the Bunyip wrote in
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Mxsmanic wrote in
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Gig 601XL Builder writes:

So is it your opinion that had the US not sworn to protect Western
Europe during the cold war the USSR would probably still not ever
attemped to take over Western Europe?

I don't know. Would the US have attempted to take over Warsaw Pact
countries if the USSR had not been protecting them?

Good grief.

Mx has a point. The situation was symmetrical, i.e. from their POV the
Warsaw Pact thought they were "protecting" themselves from an imminent
attack by NATO.



Problem is, none of his points come from anywhere but Wikipedia.

His "viewpoint" is pretty meaningless considering it's viewed through his
rectum.


Phew. I was beginning to worry that your replies were actually sensible, but
it's good to see you're back on track. ;-)