The 'Cold War' impinged on the daily lives of Americans. The wars after 11 September 2001 have been fought without the general American population having to make any sacrifices. It goes on, and so do we.
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The Cold War went on for so long that it bred a kind of worldwide military establishment. Even when budgets went down in the early and mid-nineties, it didn't really affect it.
What Americans can't face is that one of the reasons that the Russians and the Chinese were so impressed with us during the Cold War was the fact that Nixon and Kissinger went on bombing despite public reaction.
The Cold War was a boring thing. Nobody gets better for it. Tremendous money is wasted. Our lives get more difficult. We look at each other as enemies. What's good in that? In any case, I will do anything in my power in order to stop another Cold War, with the U.S. or any other country in the world.
There's a tendency on the part of Americans, all of us, to say, 'Hey, the Cold War is over, the Soviet Union is gone, we don't have to worry about these guys again.' We always have to be worried about them, we always have to be concerned about them, and we have to be well-informed.
The Cold War is over but Cold War thinking survives.
I think that the Cold War was an exceptional and unnecessary piece of cruelty.
I don't live in the Cold War. Some people maybe still live in the Cold War, but this is their problem, not mine.
People nowadays don't know about the Cold War and the U.S.'s old rivalry with the U.S.S.R.
The Cold War has ended for America.
Much has changed since the end of the Cold War that augurs well for the survival of our nation.