were not prepared to go in other two years in a bloody war. They were exhausted. They had lost everything. So the leaders may have dreams of what they want to do, but it's the capabilities and they can't be leaders if they don't capture. As you call the spirit of the time, but the needs of the time, the paradises that the people had. So the American imperative came from the fear of another world war that brought us into it late and caused many lives. Let's be there to block it. The Russian fear was that the American attempt to block with NATO was an opening for another invasion of Russia as they had in First World War and World War II. And each had perfectly reasonable reasons to think this possible. That was the Cold War. It never happened because neither side had the capability or really the intention of doing it. But the leader is, if he's going to survive, he's going to be the spokesman for the national necessity. He's imprisoned by reality. There are leaders who don't survive who (33/44)
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