repressive regimes. american popular culture, often called the worst of our culture has done more for our liberation and national security than anything the airborne could do. john: let s talk about the soviet union. the reagan military buildup. they spent so much they collapsed. they collapsed from within, didn t collapse from outside, there was never an invasion, what happened in the soviet union and eastern block, people walked away from the ideology of commune inch and that began especially when american popular culture, jazz and rock and roll infiltrated those countries after world war ii. john: evidence? evidence? american soldiers brought jazz during world war ii to the eastern front. soviet soldiers brought it back and eastern european brought it and spread it across those countries and all offer the soviet unions and eastern europe you saw the kids on streets known as the
in general, american military intervention has increased anti-americanism and hardened repressive regimes. american popular culture, often called the worst of our culture has done more for our liberation and national security than anything the airborne could do. john: let s talk about the soviet union. the reagan military buildup. they spent so much they collapsed. they collapsed from within, didn t collapse from outside, there was never an invasion, what happened in the soviet union and eastern block, people walked away from the ideology of commune inch and that began especially when american popular culture, jazz and rock and roll infiltrated those countries after world war ii. john: evidence? evidence? american soldiers brought jazz during world war ii to the eastern front. soviet soldiers brought it
hardened repressive regimes. on the other hand, american popular culture, in many cases have done more for liberation and for national security. john: let s talk about the soviet union. my understanding that it was reagan s military build-up and they collapsed? it collapsed from within. it didn t collapse from without. there was not an invasion. what happened in the soviet union and in eastern bloc is people walked away from the ideology of communism. that happened when jazz and rock and roll infiltrated those countries after world war ii. john: evidence? american soldiers brought jazz during world war ii to the eastern front. soviet soldiers brought it back. they brought it and spread it across the countries and then on the streets all over the soviet
in general american military intervention has increased and hardened repressive regimes. on the other hand, american popular culture, in many cases have done more for liberation and for national security. john: let s talk about the soviet union. my understanding that it was reagan s military build-up and they collapsed? it collapsed from within. it didn t collapse from without. there was not an invasion. what happened in the soviet union and in eastern bloc is people walked away from the ideology of communism. that happened when jazz and rock and roll infiltrated those countries after world war ii. john: evidence? american soldiers brought jazz during world war ii to the eastern front. soviet soldiers brought it back. they brought it and spread it
criminal court. chris: both of you talked about the arab spring, the extraordinary spread of people power in a lot of repressive regimes. what follows it some the dictators are on our side, some aren t. let s talk about the astonishing situation in syria. a violent crackdown there. but given the fact that president asaud is no friend of the u.s. and iran s biggest ally in the middle east, what should we do about syria? let me say first it is important for everybody to understand what we are doing for the world community in libya is what the arab street wants us to do. so finally we are on the side of the massive people yearning to be free within the arab world. secondly, i think the world has made a clear statement in libya which is being heard by both