"I just read the article, and I must say, I'm disappointed. This is an example of liberal bias. In the section ""Exceptionalism"", there is a sentence ""Much, if not all, of United States foreign policy has roots that can be traced back to this ideology.""  Whoever made that remark needs to back it up with proof, not the opinions of a single liberal historian. Also, where is the mention of Stalin's speechs, where he basically says that global communism can never succeed until capitalism has been destroyed? This article is an attempt at making America and the USSR equally responsible for the Cold War. What a crock of shit. Is there any mention of Kruschev's (spelling?) ""we will bury you"" comments? What about the Cuban missile crises? Too much space is dedicated to showing how historians disagree about the cold war, and not enough is dedicated to the major events of the cold war. This article is a disappointment and needs to be fixed. Liberal bias belongs in America's public school system, not in wikipedia. 

 Why isnt the causes of the USSR's downfall listed?  

 Let me guess, if a person comes into your home and tries to kill you, they are not evil, just of a different opinion, an opinon I should respect, right?  

 This article is an example of why wikipedia will never make it in education, in its current form.  

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