`  == Anon Essay? ==  The problem with the article as written is its lack of historical context   i.e. the Cold War as seen from a futurehistorical perspective. That and its overt reliance on ``playing it fair`` ( = attempting to assert moral equivalence between the Soviet and Western blocs  hoo boy) makes for  a weak porridge indeed.   And why delete my ``anon personal essay``, Mr. 172? First, I didn't post a personal essay  I posted my informed take on the above-mentioned context and equivalency issues. Second, this topic is in desperate need of a balanced approach if it is to avoid becoming what the late John Brunner memorably called ``biased dreck``. Folks, if all we're going to do here is regurgitate the same old homogenized northeastern-u.s.-liberal-establishment-brewed pap that encyclopedias have been feeding us for the past seven decades, fine, but I thought the point of Wiki was to present human knowledge as a tasty mixed salad.  Anyway, I invite you all to examine my ``anon personal essay`` at http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cold_War&diff;=0&oldid;=9615495 and decide for yourselves if the view of the Cold War as a Third World War  as a ``long twilight struggle`` against tyranny  is worthy of consideration by those who may seek knowledge of that turbulent period here.`