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ukraine@war

Day 673

83, 93, 03, 13, 23

Dec 28, 2023
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Party outside Andrews Kaserne, West Berlin (1983)

Around this time 40 years ago the first Pershing II missiles were delivered to Germany, effectively ending, for all intents and purposes, the Cold War.

Happy anniversary! Congratulations. The USSR lost. Reagan and Gorbachev signed the INF treaty four years later. By that time, I recall, it was difficult to buy a decent bottle of red wine in Moscow. I know this as a fact because I was looking for one.

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