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9/4/2020 10:19:23 PM
 
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Section 6: International Subject: China virus Msg# 1096631
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Plenty of reports are out there putting those Asia conflicts in with all the European stuff. Not my fault all those plethora of reporters & historians classify it that way. I'm just a guy reading versions of history.
If you you wish to exclude those Asian conflicts from The Cold War its OK with me. But then you'll need to recognize there's also a classification titled The Asian Cold War. Also a plethora of reports under that title. And don't forget the Cuban stuff -doesn't neatly fit within the European or Asian cold war groups. Or some conflicts in South America, and Africa centered on whether communism was getting some footholds. And you'll also see there's been discussions about the cold war having many hot shooting conflicts, so its somewhat misnamed. And that applies to either versions of how to classify those cold wars. A broader playing field than taught in grade school. HOWEVER: Seems to be useless details to continue debating such minor classifications & distinctions. De minimus |
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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where: My definition of 'The Cold War' involves The United States and The Soviet Union. That's what we were made to understand in grade school (Duck and Cover), Saturday noon-time-siren-blasting-air raid tests... and the like. If you ask anybody over the age of 60 to define The Cold War you'll get my definition 90% of the time. The incidents listed in the 'Conflicts Related to the Cold War' are mostly unrelated. What do two Korean airliners shot from the sky; a dozen or so coups lasting less than a week, or the Iraqi '14-July Revolution' that slogged on and on until the 15th of July, have to do with the palpable fear the world experienced as the two Cold War countries war-danced their way in and out of nuclear confrontations? |
