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   =?Windows-1252?Q?Markku_Gr=F6nroos? to All   
   Re: Socialism or Capitalism: What is bet   
   23 Aug 08 19:45:05   
   
   From: kurkku@hassuserveri.fi   
      
   "Richard D. Latham"  kirjoitti   
   viestissä:ej4fkbyl.fsf@us.ibm.com...   
   > Anton  writes:   
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   >> Communism did not suffer a military defeat, let alone that it fell   
   >> because of such. The unarmed civilian pupulations¹ defeated communism -   
   >> not armies with guns.   
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   > I'm curious. Have you seen the movie "Charlie Wilson's War" ?   
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   > If so, do you think it presents a reasonable summary of the events   
   > leading up to the USSR's withdrawal from Afganistan ?   
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   > --   
   > #include      /* I don't speak for IBM ...           */   
   >                              /* Heck, I don't even speak for myself */   
   >                              /* Don't believe me ? Ask my wife :-)  */   
   > Richard D. Latham   lathamr@us.ibm.com   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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