From: Dehede011@aol.com
Date: Thu Aug 01 2002 - 12:34:35 MDT
In a message dated 8/1/2002 1:05:09 PM Central Standard Time,
talon57@well.com writes: The former Soviets use to make much of their hard
currency by selling weapons, and after the Gulf War it was apparent that
Soviet weapons were no match for their western counterparts.
Brian,
I forgot to mention the Soviet-Afghanistan war. I understand that one
of Reagan's reasons for supporting the Afghanis was to bleed the Soviet
economically.
Ron h.
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