Comment on who was the aggressor in cold war?
makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It depended on where in the world you are. Both Russia and America wanted to avoid full on conflict so they establish proxy wars to try weaken the other. America was certainly the aggressor in Vietnam and Korea while Russia was the aggressor in Cuba and arguably in Afghanistan
while Russia was the aggressor in Cuba and arguably in Afghanistan
Fucking pardon me? Russia literally tried to take over Afghanistan after the US gave them weapons to protect them from Russia.
“We are not afraid of the Russians, but we are afraid of their helicopters.”
– Some Afghani
Wrufieotnak@feddit.org 1 day ago
I mean Cuba was a crisis and dangerous for sure, and the USSR pushed it to the near breaking point, but I still find it funny that the USA got nervous when strategic rockets were close to them, something that was true for Moscow nearly the whole time.