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1) We won WWII! (ok, how many German tank divisions were destroyed by the USA? how many German soldiers were killed by the USA? who and when hoisted the US flag on the Reichstag)?
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I'm not sure who you mean when you say "We won WWII".
There is no doubt in my mind that the Russians would have owned Nazi Germany if given enough time. No one suffered more then the Russians, and no one lost and then gained more ground than the Russians. The Russians, more or less, defeated Nazi Germany on it's own.
However, WWII was not fought in Europe alone. While Russia was playing footies with the Nazis while getting help from the US and the rest of the allies, the US was fighting a completely different war on it's own against Japan. I am not sure what you know about your military history, but Japan and Russia was going at it before Japan attacked the US. What do you think would have happened if Russia was forced to fight a war on two fronts - one against Nazi Germany, and the other against Japan?
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2) We won the space race! (c) Rochard (ok, has the USA launched the first satellite or the first mad into the space?)
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Did Russia put a man on the moon?
No wait, better yet, check out the Soviet Space Shuttle...
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Originally Posted by CyberSEO
3) We won Cold War! (c) you. (ok, do you really believe that that USSR has collapsed because of the military overspending?)
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Do I really believe that the USSR collapsed because of military over spending? I have no clue.
But it seems to me the United States did not collapse, nor did NATO (which still exists), while the USSR seems to have dissolved and the Eastern Bloc is.... No more. Come to think of it, a lot of countries in the former Eastern Bloc is now in NATO - Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Albania... Hell, even the GDR (East Germany) is now part of NATO.