tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3293152265787061341.post4173437297127984462..comments2024-03-03T05:11:57.603-05:00Comments on Wings Over Iraq: In case you missed itStarbuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02013102906896853767noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3293152265787061341.post-50252704564728501762009-11-16T16:58:27.694-05:002009-11-16T16:58:27.694-05:00Life was bad and in many places, it's *still* ...Life was bad and in many places, it's *still* pretty bad. Bulgaria and Romania are very poor. Hungary and the Baltic states are on the verge of bankruptcy. Despite huge subsidies from the West, East Germany is not doing great either.<br /><br />In the former U.S.S.R., the destruction of Communism was simply catastrophic. The Central Asian 'stans become autocratic dictatorships. The economies of Russia and Ukraine completely collapsed, whatever wealth they have recovered since then concentrated in very few hands.<br /><br />Not a defense of Marxism-Leninism, but a recognition of the failures of capitalism in its wake!CJWillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12308915381352486644noreply@blogger.com