Quote Originally Posted by it-ogo View Post
They said: "USA is our enemy. They hate us just because we are different, just because we are Russians. They want to destroy our country, split it into pieces. They call our country "Evil empire". All we want is to live in peace but they do not agree. They have military bases and nukes all around the USSR while USSR has no nukes near the USA. We propose mutual disarmament but they build SDI to be completely safe when they will bomb our cities. We have to unite against them to save our country and our lives. Just read what their president say and you will see. He hates us."
No, not like that. It would be too simple. They said that the capitalists who oppressed the worker class in many countries were afraid of the 'inevitable' triumph of the communism in the whole world. In order not to lose their wealth and power they strove to destroy the socialist countries. These were the reasons.