oooh matron! Obviously someone doesn't like Clancy. May I remind you, Clancy has a Dangerous Waters campaign based on his (and Bond's) book?
Secondly...the Cold War was a war of military technology, also. You have to remember the Soviets were the aggressors, they even had doctrine on how to win a nuclear confrontation. So if NATO couldn't keep ahead of the Soviets technology wise, the Soviets would've expanded over to Western Europe etc.
About the Iraqi example. First off, do you have any military experience? I don;t think so. Iraq took 3 weeks to invade and conquer. The problem, as it always is, is keeping the peace. It is far more difficult to occupy a nation then to conquer it. This goes all the way back to the Roman times. But the US took 3 weeks to destroy the Iraqi military. I don't think that's too shaby, to be honest. Do you?
Fact remains though...the Soviets lost the Cold War. Cry about it as much as you want.
Still doesn't change the fact.
