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Posted: 6/11/2016 7:54:06 PM EDT
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Communist Bloc countries.
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Posted: 6/11/2016 8:14:57 PM EDT
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Russia and it's Soviet Socialist Republics comprising the Soviet Union. As Frank said, AKA 'Communist Bloc' or 'Combloc'.
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Posted: 6/11/2016 8:54:18 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/11/2016 8:59:15 PM EDT
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Bloc has some information.
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Posted: 6/11/2016 9:03:27 PM EDT
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I always "assumed" it referred to all the communist countries of that era. Including China etc. Could be I'm wrong.
The only time I use the term is in reference to firearms that were common among the communist part of the world like AKs and SKS. Isn't meant as derogatory just a word, |
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Posted: 6/11/2016 9:49:42 PM EDT
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Second World problem, insufficient name recognition.
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Posted: 6/11/2016 10:13:08 PM EDT
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I always "assumed" it referred to all the communist countries of that era. Including China etc. Could be I'm wrong. The only time I use the term is in reference to firearms that were common among the communist part of the world like AKs and SKS. Isn't meant as derogatory just a word, No. China was known as chicom. Chinese communist(s). As others have said combloc = Eastern bloc. Communist Europe. Dang you kids are making me feel old tonight. 
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Posted: 6/11/2016 10:58:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: No. China was known as chicom. Chinese communist(s). As others have said combloc = Eastern bloc. Communist Europe. Dang you kids are making me feel old tonight. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I always "assumed" it referred to all the communist countries of that era. Including China etc. Could be I'm wrong. The only time I use the term is in reference to firearms that were common among the communist part of the world like AKs and SKS. Isn't meant as derogatory just a word, No. China was known as chicom. Chinese communist(s). As others have said combloc = Eastern bloc. Communist Europe. Dang you kids are making me feel old tonight.  |
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Posted: 6/12/2016 8:21:57 AM EDT
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No. China was known as chicom. Chinese communist(s). As others have said combloc = Eastern bloc. Communist Europe. Dang you kids are making me feel old tonight.
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I always "assumed" it referred to all the communist countries of that era. Including China etc. Could be I'm wrong. The only time I use the term is in reference to firearms that were common among the communist part of the world like AKs and SKS. Isn't meant as derogatory just a word, No. China was known as chicom. Chinese communist(s). As others have said combloc = Eastern bloc. Communist Europe. Dang you kids are making me feel old tonight.
I like being called a kid. Just wish it were so. 
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Posted: 6/12/2016 10:20:53 AM EDT
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The cold war, the good old days? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I always "assumed" it referred to all the communist countries of that era. Including China etc. Could be I'm wrong. The only time I use the term is in reference to firearms that were common among the communist part of the world like AKs and SKS. Isn't meant as derogatory just a word, No. China was known as chicom. Chinese communist(s). As others have said combloc = Eastern bloc. Communist Europe. Dang you kids are making me feel old tonight.
The cold war, the good old days? At least we knew who our enemies were and they stayed on their side of the line. As crazy as MAD was it worked cause they didn't really want to die any quicker than we did. This new bunch of nutters can't wait to die. 
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Posted: 6/12/2016 11:14:23 AM EDT
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I prefer the Warsaw Pact....
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Posted: 6/12/2016 2:52:47 PM EDT
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The map shows the Cold War division of Europe but some countries on the map didn't exist until after the Cold War.
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Posted: 6/12/2016 3:39:34 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The map shows the Cold War division of Europe but some countries on the map didn't exist until after the Cold War. That's why it says "on modern borders" right on the map. |
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Posted: 6/12/2016 11:37:38 PM EDT
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I lived through the entire Cold War although I was a little kid when it started. Russia, N. Korea and Iran BS about 'annihilating' us but back then the Soviets were ready, willing and able to actually do it. Everybody understood that even if they did, we would have launched before their missiles hit us and basically the world as we knew it would end. Everybody born after 1990 has been basically free of that fear. That's why it is so important to control the proliferation of nuclear weapons. They were dark days. When I first heard that JFK had been killed, my first thought was the next event would be the nuclear attack following the assassination. I think the world went a little nuts under the fear of being wiped out in seconds, and the residual effects of it are still resonating.
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Posted: 6/12/2016 11:44:31 PM EDT
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At least we knew who our enemies were and they stayed on their side of the line. As crazy as MAD was it worked cause they didn't really want to die any quicker than we did. This new bunch of nutters can't wait to die.
True. True. |
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