and "they" seriously thought that "they" won the cold war... that, somehow "they" overpowered the grip and the procrastination of their antagonists, expand the cold "war" (cultural exchange program) to compete with the 100 years war... well... i'm sitting here, drinking my Blackbeard (*** and coke), looking at the current state of affairs... pretending to think... wait a minute, wait wait... give me a minute... so... you're telling me... i climbed from under the iron curtain... *** first... and now... now i'm standing before a silicon curtain?! you have to be ******* me! alas... no... oh sure... "they" won the cold war... Rainman bailed them out... not exactly cheating, but counting cards... what "they" didn't expect was this draw of hand.