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3. They would maintain the colonial control in most of their former colonies.

4. Soviet Union would also waste an incredible amount of resources.

5. Every liberation movement would be triggered by the Soviet Union, thus
contributing to a good public image of that monstrous realm for decades. It would however be without real effect as the Soviet system was never viable.

6. Americans would try to prevent 'Soviet expansion', thus triggering anti- Americanism, and identifying themselves as the 'bad' guys!

It is all being currently reproduced in the equally fake War against Islamic Terrorism. By this I don't imply that there are no Islamic extremists! On the contrary! Simply, the setup is fake. All the US has done against Islamic extremism thus far is just a mere unilateral damage of the US image, influence and potential allover the world. America rather contributed to severe worsening of the case.

It is high time for Obama to envision an American policy able to redress the current ordeal. The only way would be rethinking from scratch without endorsing anything in the world that contradicts America's basic principles and values as defended by the Founding Fathers. Political realism is a monodrama for which the US has an expiry date.

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