We all have heard about the rhetoric coming from Russia lately.  Comrade Putin is reverting the place back to a disaster zone, faster than you can say "Nyet!".  The KGB is heavily promoting this political scientist who is insisting that the United States will break up, much like the Soviet Union did.  In general, things are bad.  Now, as every Conservative realizes, President Reagan had a big hand in destroying the "evil empire".  While we can all debate what it was that finally put the nail in the coffin, we know that the largest factor was the total collapse of the economy.  You see, the Soviet Union was in economic crises mode for almost the entire 20th century.  They always managed to get by because the international community was there to help them out.  Western nations kept them going by supporting them with our cash in the form of loans, investment, and most importantly, peace accords that bought the USSR time.  This was always so until President Reagan stepped in and put an end to it.  Reagan allowed their economy to crumble, doing them in once and (what we thought was) for all.  One strong Leader took the reins and decided it was time for us to allow our enemy to implode.  Fast forward to 2009.  The United States, in economic crises, is depending on the loans, investment, and support from hostile Nations in the east... especially China.  I call China hostile because as we all know, China isn't exactly being invited over for Thanksgiving dinner anytime soon.  Hypothetically, and I know you are reading this thinking it could never happen, but what if there arose a strong leader in China who decided that they no longer wanted America around?  You can take your pick of the reasons why.  Perhaps he doesn't want a competitor who poses a military challenge to China's empire, or maybe he wants China to have greater access to dwindling oil supplies.  Who knows, maybe he even wants America to collapse based simply on a moral agenda which portrays America as evil.  The point is, what if this Leader decides to stop the flow of money to us?  What if he decides that China will no longer invest in America, loan to America, or support it?  Would we end up like our former adversaries?  It seems far-fetched.  I'm sure it sounded just as ridiculous to a group of Russians before they ever heard the name Ronald Reagan.

by Thomas Craig

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