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Old 06-27-2008, 02:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Donkey Jote View Post
My nutshell description of the Cold War would be two empires (the USA and Russia) expanding their sphere's of influence and power, in the disguise of protecting capitalism/spreading communism, respectively.
To the detriment of every country they put their grubby little hands on.

Certainly to the detriment of 15 thousand Chileans, many of whom are buried in graves that say nothing more than 'sin nombre'.
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