# Did US Defense Build Up Cause Russian Economy Too Colapse?

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**Created:** [March 28, 2002, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-us-defense-build-up-cause-russian-economy-too-colapse/100602 "2002-03-28T18:51:36Z")
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### Author: ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2002, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-us-defense-build-up-cause-russian-economy-too-colapse/100602/12 "2002-03-29T07:10:07Z")

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Whoa. First of all, I didn’t say that the Left liked the Soviets - they wanted an end to the cold war as much as anyone. They just disagreed on the strategy. And I believe they were wrong. If we would have had a unilateral freeze and withdrawal of missiles from Europe, and conceded Star Wars by treaty, it would have simply prolongued the cold war, perhaps for decades.

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