[thechat] US vs USSR etc.

[Erika Meyer]

The main reason I am (and have been) more critical of US actions than 
of USSR actions is that I am a US citizen, and the US always 
differentiated itself from the USSR in by claiming that it was 
"democratic" and that the USSR was not.  So as a US citizen, what I 
think about my own governments actions and responses should matter. 
I live here, not there.

(Also, USSR is no longer.)

There were civil conflicts that both nations manipulated for their 
own selfish purposes.  Both nations used a lot of human beings as 
expendable pawns in the game.

As a US citizen, I find that reprehensible.

The USSR and the USA were in fact two very similar countries.  Yes, 
there were significant differences, but their world agendas were very 
similar.  However, now the USSR is gone and the USA hasn't changed 
much.

I feel a sense of responsibility toward my own country.  I'd like to 
be proud of my country, instead of horrified at what they have done 
in my name, and afraid of what they will do.  As a US and world 
citizen, I just have to speak my mind when I see something terribly 
wrong being done in my name.

Although I have to realize...
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,46953,00.html

Erika


>Why is that when you all keep bringing up Cold War interventions, its only
>the American ones you mention?? The Soviets intervened in plenty of places
>at the same time. Was the US supposed to sit idly by, while the USSR was
>funding their own insurgent groups? Because that's what it seems you all are
>saying...
>
>Thanks,
>Ron White

erika at seastorm.com