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Originally Posted by bradclark1
What I think is that you are paranoid about the U.S.
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Well, I can say the same: some people in this topic are paranoin about commies, USSR and Russia
And, you see, some latest political moves force some people to... err... worry about the USA
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Originally Posted by joea
Negr: I am no fan of Bush and the current USA foreign policy and the attitude "our way or the highway" in fact I am glad to see you got the point of the comparision with the USSR...except of course some of the US enemies really are dangerous (North Korea) others are just comic and not a threat imo (Venezuela).
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I don't think NK is SO dangerous. Yes, they possess a Nuke. If it's not a bluff, one or two warheads are not a serious threat. Russia, which borders upon NK, must worry rather tha USA
Koreans, afaik, haven't missiles or any other delivery means to reach USA. However, who knows...
What about Venezuela - yeah, Chavez sometimes can be really funny, so firehearted as early revolutioneers
Though, he provides the idea of many LatAm citizens. The last Americas' summit dispalayed it: not all, but more and more SouthAmericans feel ill-willed with U.S.
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But we went off topic, there still is a tendency (I know many Russians, ex-Soviets and ex-Yugoslavs, took one year of Russian as well) to never admit mistakes (like many neo-conservatives in the USA). The USSR was well within its rights to declare no-fly zones over its territory, but they should have come clean and said we made a mistake and offered compensation (did they in fact?). Instead you went off on a tirade and never answered what happened to the KAL 007? Did it exist? So what happened to those people? Like the friend of my boss' brother in law?? Just curious as to what happened to the Boeing 747 regardless of if there was a spy plane or not.
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Yes, it's true, that many Russians still have that "Imperial" behavior - though Empire is no more. And, evidently, many our present rulers have the same.
But why do you think "they can't apologize"? Boris Yeltsin officialy apologized before South Korea in 1991 or 1992. The same time, ICAO conducted reinvestigation. You can find official ICAO's conclusion somewhere in the Net.
Anyway, "The Truth" classified Top Secret in both countries - USA and USSR/Russia.
Will any side declassify it once - that's the question.