Omgomg: The Soviet Union would eventually have collapsed in any case, but sooner was better than later. The benefit to America was the elimination of a paranoid nuclear-armed adversary with the ability to destroy us. (Not to be confused with Iran which is a paranoid nuclear-armed adversary with the ability to seriously hurt us…so far.)
As for the Egyptian revolution, nobody knows what will happen, but in situtations like this, the most ideologically consistent usually win, and that means the Islamo-totalitarians. But I’d love to be wrong.
Omgomg: The Soviet Union would eventually have collapsed in any case, but sooner was better than later. The benefit to America was the elimination of a paranoid nuclear-armed adversary with the ability to destroy us. (Not to be confused with Iran which is a paranoid nuclear-armed adversary with the ability to seriously hurt us…so far.)
As for the Egyptian revolution, nobody knows what will happen, but in situtations like this, the most ideologically consistent usually win, and that means the Islamo-totalitarians. But I’d love to be wrong.