Communism became a powerful ideology all over the world because the country who spread it has the best intelligence agencies like the GRU, KGB and Stasi. Depravity and ruthlessness became the byword that is why they have disciplined spies and counterspies. Death to spies also became a byword in SMERSH! If only I could relive my life all over again going in and out of the Soviet embassy and Vietnamese embassy in Manila rubbing elbows and playing footsies with _______. I used to bring Russian vodka to my army officer neighbours during the era of the Soviet empire. Those were the days oh yes those were the days...