was cold war truly a struggle between freedom and dictatorship?

Question

WHY was the Cold War NOT a fight between freedom and dictatorship in which the U.S. did not led a fight against a Global communist conspiracy?

Answer 1

Not always. There are multiple cases of the United States supporting dictatorial regimes because they happened to be anti-communist: The Shah in Iran, Suharto in Indonesia, Marcos in the Phillipines, Allende in Chile and Somoza in Nicaragua are ones that immediately spring to mind.

That is not a defense of Commmunism. Stalin and Lenin committed a wide variety of sins. The United States at least ostensibly was on the side of democracy -- even if we often fought those who led democratic movements in the Third World.

The Cold War can probably more be argued as an economic struggle than an ideological one. That's ultimately why the west won -- because Capitalism, for all it's sins, is more efficient than Central State-led economies.

Oh, just for Norte: One of the prices the US paid to win the Cold War was supporting the Taliban in Afghanistan in the 1980s (and a guy named Osama bin Laden). I'm not so sure we won the Cold War as merely outlasted the Soviets.
History is far from over.

Answer 2

For several reasons: There was no global communist conspiracy, both sides were primarily motivated by money, the U.S. does not give a rat's *** about freedom and haven't for a very long time. They care about money, how they can get more of it and keep the most of what they get and to hell with the rights of others, especially others in 3rd world countries.

If you want unbiased info on the cold war try pbs.org, if you want to hear the other side of the story ask the Russians.

Answer 3

A dictatorship is not the same thing as communism. It was democracy vs. communism. There were dicators that the US worked with, that were also against communism.

Answer 4

It was a struggle between the two systems - democratic system and Communist system. We won.

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Answer 5

it was more of a fight between corporations and the communism theory

Answer 6

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