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Reagan's Secret War

#27040540 - 11/15/20 01:04 PM (3 years, 4 months ago)

I just watched a fascinating documentary called "Reagan's Secret War".

After mutually assured destruction appeared to make WWIII impossible to win, many countries started moving towards a better and more peaceful coexistence with the Soviet Union.

Of course, Reagan didn't want any part of coexisting with communism, so he:

a) Ramped up US military spending and made it appear that the US was getting ready for a potential attack, to include military exercises along Russia's border, and launched the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), intimidating the Soviet Union into putting 50% of its GDP into its defense, crippling its production of other things.

b) Teamed up with religious extremists in Afghanistan against the Soviet Union to get them to spend even more on their military.

c) Tricked the Soviets into thinking the US military was more powerful than it actually was.

d) Provided Soviet spies with technology and software that had Trojan Horses built in to ensure they would fail over time.

e) Worked with Saudi Arabia to cut oil prices to reduce Soviet oil income.

But the main focus of the documentary was how Reagan created a "Deception Committee" which, among other things, successfully tricked Sweden, a neutral country, into letting it to get used by the US military as a sort of 'unsinkable aircraft carrier' by allowing US military aircraft in Sweden close to the Soviet Union. Here is that story:

In October 1981, a Soviet sub ran aground in Swedish territory. A Swedish military commander who first showed up to the scene couldn't believe the stupidity of the sub's captain, but was ordered not to interview the captain for answers. A Swedish dive team found evidence that the sub intentionally ran itself aground and actually pushed itself into shallower waters than it could handle. But the media reported the incident as evidence of Soviet spying and aggression against Sweden.

In spite of this incident, the Swedes still elected Olof Palme as their Prime Minister who was a Social Democrat and vocal against US imperialism. Olof Palme was very much disliked by the elites in Sweden, who sided with the US and Britain.

After this incident, periscopes were continuously spotted in Swedish waters, stoking fears of Soviet aggression. Swedish experts who were interviewed said they knew Soviet submarines don't just stick their periscopes out of the water for the world to see, especially when they're in Swedish waters. And the Soviets said they weren't their subs, and even invited the Swedes to bomb the shit out of any subs they thought were Soviet in Swedish waters. Of course, no subs were ever sank, but the media ran with the story of Soviet aggression and pubic fear of Soviet aggression rose from 27% to 83%. Even the Soviet ambassador to Sweden said he was surprised at how easy it was for the media to manipulate public opinion like that in a democratic country like Sweden.

Years later, it was discovered that the Swedish military knew these were NATO periscopes, and the US Deputy Chief of Navy operations admitted with a smile that the US "could have been" behind the Soviet sub grounding and the mysterious periscopes that were spotted.

But at the end of the day, Communism was defeated and capitalism and the military industrial complex won, so perhaps it was worth it?

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