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Cold War's end brings changes
B\ Darren Welsh
Political si ii'iK r vot abulary
is changing Democracy and
communism both tunc been
bent and confused In their
leaders There is physit al and
ideologii al i hange taking plai e
today, and more is on the u a\
The United States has a for
eign and national policy far
from any true "democracy
Heavily funded "moral majm
itv" groups are passing statutes
_Commentary_
on moral issues and tax breaks
while "minority" organi/a
lions struggle to raise money to
p.iss legislation or hold on to
freedoms previously granted
The Soviets have stayed .is
far away from true "commit
instil." i loser to the vague term
totalitarianism The people ol
the USSR aren't as equal as
they should be m communism
Similar to the denioi ratio ex
ample, levels of i lasses often
determine late
I’osl World W ar II was the be
ginning ol the ( old Wai with
communism and demur rai \ at
either ends Nearly Idly years
later the end ol that rial is
neat The I astern bleu in Ku
rope is try mg to change i i.ic k
ing the door to demur ra< y
\s yy e have seen the result is
or ei yy helming The citizens are
taking more than previously
imaginable Without the null
tary oppression used in ( diiile
during the summer of 1'iH'l the
Tuxtern blor t hange yy ill mil
linue rvhetlier the government
I ikes it or not
The far e of the "< ommunist
yyorkl rvill be unrecognizable
In JUOtl The I ' S seems des
lined tot i hange even if only
m its foreign polii y
1 Jeinoi rat y foi the World
has been the motto for veals m
the US. The exai I opposite of
its enemy, the Soviets I he
U S examples of democrat y
around the yyoild are hi tin
moil The I ’ S blot |l Central
\inerii a) can boast some of the
most oppressive governments
to date
Nicaragua recently overt hreyx
Ils democratk ' regime hut ,il
a high cost lh.it it is still n'|i.i\
mg l’hr revolution .mil toil
war that fulloweil were so e\
pensive m human and ei o
nomii al resouri es it li.is man
aged to deter other nearh\ na
turns from follow ing suit
I low long will the l nited
States be able to i ontinue on its
path of "dnitUN rat v ’ I he cur
rent Soviet example hints there
is not mm h time left before the
United States will begin to fol
low m the world's path ot
ihange
doth superpowers econo
ones have been injured b\ then
desire to make the world then
wav America's ei ntiomv has
alwavs been at an advantage
with free enterprise as the
strong part ot the system
Hut rei enth the "i omnui
nisi (.amp has addressed the
burden the economv has been
forced to carry w hile the Coin
iinmist dm trine pursued its
interests in the world The So
v lets are slowing down in the
race tliev understand is imwiii
liable espei lulls w ith a i on
tender like the I ’nited Stales
Ament a s s\at mat lline has
put it m debt turthei than ans
nation in world Instors I lie
milittirs budget has not set
been seen IlS lawmakers as the
major problem In s iess ot the
Soviets it seems the I nited
States ss ill soon begin to realize
their et ononis is loo tieas ils
burdened Until sides ssar m.i
t limes are too expensive mil
not respet ted bs then oss n pen
pie let alone those it meant to
' protet t
l lie i ommuuist ideology is
in a struggle lor power m I .ist
eill I mope It li.is less ot a
strong hold, and is beginning
to nlloss ness tel ills sm ll as
"social democracy" to fall un
del ils umbrella
U ithoul the i atals s| to keep
the l’ S (old War mui hi tie go
ing the Pentagon svon'l be able
to pistils the t osts as easils as
tiles i mild ill the past I he ssai
mat lline ss ill has e to I mil a
ness enemy "Communism’
ss 111 leave our vocabulary, and
six ial demur r.u \ ' ma> be ihr
next pnlilu al trim taught to !>r
tearerl ami studied by out
v out it
rln- world's i omplex t in uni
stain rs we artt reading about in
the newspapers tmla\ make it
11 ill ii ult to iHint' up x\ ilb tri ms
to engulf and blanket .is "dr
mot rai x and i nmmunism
mu r did
Post World W ar II polilit s al
lowed the I nilril Slates and
the I SSK to protet I llirir Intel
ests while 'protet liny; thru
satellite nations either in the
name ol ""ilemot rai \ or
i nmmunism I be I" S pub
In has grown to at i ept military
spending to i oinbat Sov let
" "i omimmisni
I hr term "sot ial detnot la
in will be harder to sell .is the
aggressor As the threat is not
tell am more b\ the people ol
Amerit a thr\ are going to be
gm to ask where the million ol
dollars go
lor years to tome there will
be rhelorit lb.it the Warsaw
Pat t is still a threat. that then
reform is only strategy to weak
en the \ \ I ( ) \ 11 lam e
I he ( hatlge m the I ast is all
example that Ameriia tan also
on en nine its burden ol Im
ream rai n protet ting the nx .11
ill.ii bine W mils like i oililim
nism and tleniot rat n .
nx lilt 11 blanketed interests ol
imperialist nations need to be
understood toi in bat they really
stand for
Today neither ol those terms
represent wli.il ||ion were in
tended lor l lie Son lets are let
ting their ' t ummunist (man
r ial burdens go tree in I.astern
I-atrope The Son let i om esslons
may seem a xitloix lor the
'moral inu|urities ol the l int
ed States
It is a n ii lory in the light tin
world pear e Demur r.u n
needs to be the next to eon
i ede Idle I tilled Stales needs
to work till simple terms like
freedom Most importunate
In freedom Irom unexplained
spending III the name ol de
moi rai n
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