They have a history of being overrun, and were invaded twice by Germany within 30 years. They lost between 20 and 30 million people in WWII, and the western portion endured two "scorched earth" withdrawals.
It was a weak and debilitated country, tired and poor.
And it found itself with the US on it's borders.
Now the "Cold War" was certainly real, and there was economic warfare all over as the US and USSR tried to extend their economic influences. And, the Soviet military establishment was primarily defensive.
It was American F-102s, F-106s, etc, patrolling their borders, not their planes on ours. It was American U2s overflying them, it was the US with a military with a primarily offensive capacity.
Sometimes it's necessary to challenge the beliefs of our childhoods.
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You could benefit from reading a history of the Soviet Union, or Russia.
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- Historical Revisionism by the Far Left:
- Not touching Bowser with a 10-foot pole on this one, but.....
- re: Historical Revisionism by the Far Left
- Revisionism - it was OK to gas people, even supply WMDs, then it wasn't OK.
- The limitations of black-and-white, either - or, thinking.
- You could benefit from reading a history of the Soviet Union, or Russia.