Re: the Cold War

Jon Louis Mann wrote:
>
>>...and judging by GDP figures, the USA is still fighting the Cold War.
> 
> There never was a "Cold" War beginning with the Korean War WW III 
> was a global conflict against Communism in Latin America, The 
> Carribbean, Africa, Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe, etc.  In fact 
> the US has been in a state of war under other names for most of our 
> history.  WW IV is called the war on terror, and is also global in scope.
> Jon Mann
> 
No, the conflicts above mentioned justify the "War" term,
the "Cold" is necessary because there was no actual USA x CCCP
direct conflict, with americans and soviets killing each other
in great numbers.

Alberto Monteiro