It is crucial for me to purpose the questions that come to mind when we speak of the fall of the USSR. It is said that the United States won the cold war, and, it is said that Russia lost the cold war. I must suggest that the latter is the answer.
I want to pre-empt my discussion with the fact that I am pro-capitalist and pro-democracy, but to fairly consider the problems of the cold war I must step out of my comfort box. A truly communist/socialist government is not bad. We have made the word communist a four-letter word in our language. …
