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2024-02-16 05:09:43 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: AFCB2D2CD629CE84C0A08AE3922DFDBAAB6167CAD25C4EBCB1A44312FBE54A8E
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The Cold War ended in 1991 with the collapse of the USSR under George Bush Sr: https://americanhistory.si.edu/subs/history/timeline/end/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/george-h-w-bush/#:~:text=House%20Historical%20Association.-,George%20H.%20W.,of%20a%20dramatically%20changing%20world. Reagan prioritised a hard-ball approach to the Soviets, including arming those they were fighting which helped pave the way for the collapse of the USSR, and called the USSR 'the Evil Empire': https://www.globalissues.org/article/258/anatomy-of-a-victory-cias-covert-afghan-war
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