Reagan inherited a military that didn't trust sentries to have bullets in war zones.
8 years later GHWBush inherited a military that won the Hundred Hours War.
Reagan used the military buildup to end his recession. Much of the money he spent did not make for a better military because it was for fighting a Cold War
Bush kicked Saddam out of Kuwait in 100 days, Carter could have done the same, there was minimal resistance
1. Military spending was part of the recovery.
2. Building a military to fight (and thus deter hot war) the Cold War during the Cold War is building a better military. It is incredible that you managed to Denial this.
3. It was Reagan's air and fast transports that enabled the rapid deployment and build up.
4. It only SEEMED like minimal resistance because Reagan's military and GHWBush's leadership didn't give Hussein the slightest opening.
I saw what happened to Reagan's military build up. A large number of the projects got cancelled under Bush. Cold War ended, mission changed, equipment was obsolete
Reagan escallated a buildup against a threat that turned out to be empty.
The Soviets were not what we were told. They were nowhere close to the military power that we were. Their equipment was poorly designed and poorly maintained. Troops were poorly trained and had low morale. Their Navy could hardly leave port
But fear mongerers convinced us that they were a major threat and we needed a major buildup
2. Building a military to fight (and thus deter hot war) the Cold War during the Cold War is building a better military. It is incredible that you managed to Denial this.
3. It was Reagan's air and fast transports that enabled the rapid deployment and build up.
4. It only SEEMED like minimal resistance because Reagan's military and GHWBush's leadership didn't give Hussein the slightest opening.
5. Cold War projects being cancelled due to victory is not a problem.
6. The "Empty Threat" is the lefty response to the Reagan Victory. Before his victory he was ridiculed for raising tensions and predicting victory. After wards it was imperative that leftists think of ways to explain away this massive accomplishment. Many lies and irrelevancies were put forth and swallowed by the Willful Dupes.
7. Fear was the rational response to thousands of nukes, planes and tanked being aimed at US. Only a madman or a fool was not afraid of that during the Cold War.
OK ...let's go there
Reagan lied like Bush lied
Without the consequences....we just wasted money
Reagan told us the Soviets were a big boogeyman and we needed to build up our military. History has shown they were a paper tiger
Russian military was poorly designed, poorly maintained, poor logistics, horrible morale
Conservatives give him credit for destroying the Soviets....he just exploited it
I have seen many libs argue that the SU was a "paper tiger" after Reagan won the Cold War.
Their arguments are generally the type that only a Willing Dupe would believe.
The Soviet Military was fucking huge.
SIze matters.
Poor logistics can be a problem.
So can being outnumbered 5 to 1.