tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post3543447514913435569..comments2024-03-28T07:57:49.338+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: Tomorrow Is YesterdayKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-19059956402161789772016-03-13T20:57:56.782+00:002016-03-13T20:57:56.782+00:00Kaor, Paul!
I agree! But the Soviet collapse migh...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />I agree! But the Soviet collapse might have been postponed a decade or so absent the Afghan war. The consequences of that possible delay are unknown to us.<br /><br />Sean<br /><br />Sean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-3845741766657621982016-03-13T18:19:14.911+00:002016-03-13T18:19:14.911+00:00Sean,
I think that it was on the way to bankruptcy...Sean,<br />I think that it was on the way to bankruptcy and collapse, whatever happened.<br />Paul.Paul Shackleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04180596532266581425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-71752783041558724702016-03-13T17:41:49.387+00:002016-03-13T17:41:49.387+00:00Kaor, Paul!
The first item in your list is the an...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />The first item in your list is the ancient principle that "the enemy of my enemy is my friend (or at least temporary ally)."<br /><br />One wonders what might have happened if the USSR had not let irritation with the incompetence of the puppet regime it had installed in Afghanistan to openly invade that country. Would the USSR, not weakened and drained by the failed effort to conquer Afghanistan, NOT have collapsed in 1989-1991? Or at least had survived longer? <br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com