{"id":167,"date":"2008-08-17T20:14:47","date_gmt":"2008-08-17T20:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/stevenwaldman\/2008\/08\/did-we-really-win-the-cold-war.html"},"modified":"2008-08-17T20:14:47","modified_gmt":"2008-08-17T20:14:47","slug":"did-we-really-win-the-cold-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/stevenwaldman\/2008\/08\/did-we-really-win-the-cold-war.html","title":{"rendered":"Did We Really Win the Cold War Without Firing a Shot?"},"content":{"rendered":"

John McCain said yesterday that Ronald Reagan had won the cold war “without firing a shot.” Whatever happened to:
\nThe Korean War
\nThe Vietnam War
\nThe Contras & Nicaragua
\nThe Mayaguez
\nThe Pueblo
\n(Did I forget any?)
\nI was under the impression that presidents Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon and Ford thought that the military interventions on their watch were part of fighting the cold war.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

John McCain said yesterday that Ronald Reagan had won the cold war “without firing a shot.” Whatever happened to: The Korean War The Vietnam War The Contras & Nicaragua The Mayaguez The Pueblo (Did I forget any?) 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