points by jacquesm 2 days ago | 0 comments
That war ended at some point.
[–] awesome_dude 2 days ago
[–] rixed 2 days ago
Wars quickly replace one another, how unfortunate!
Or we have just independently rediscovered why most regimes seek the justification of some external threats to strengthen their power over their population, 1984 style.
[–] emayljames 2 days ago
The planes in question would have been obsolete by that point, also those planes from WW2 would have already been widely distributed among allied (including Soviet) countries
[–] IAmBroom 20 hours ago
You are claiming we sold military aircraft to Soviet-bloc countries during the Cold War? Cite, please.
[–] jacquesm 16 hours ago
This is probably not about the Cold War but about lend-lease aircraft from WW2 supplied to the russians if I understand the GP correctly:
https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact...
[–] kergonath 1 day ago
Yes, perpetual wars can be used as a tool of domestic control. The benign use is the rally around the flag effect. More harmful is using them as justifications to do anything without oversight. It’s one of the patterns shown by the vast majority of dictatorships and totalitarian governments. One of the aspects of fascism in Umberto Eco’s definition.
WRT to this instance - I would likely argue that 50 years should have been more than enough time keeping the embargo