[speaker001:] okay I don't do you have a opinion on that on the USR
[speaker002:] well the I think I'm I'm skeptical about the whole thing uh and a little still a little bit worried about them because of the history the history of Russia
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] and they're in a in a state of flux right now changing uh you uh changing a great deal primarily because of the economic distress
[speaker001:] sure um-hum sure
[speaker002:] and even in that situation uh the it seems like to me from what I've read in in the history of Russia and and you know different authors uh there has always been a paranoia they've always suspected everybody and and that's why they put you know that's why they put a lot of people in prison for years and years and that's why they put a lot of people to death
[speaker001:] sure sure that happens
[speaker002:] yeah Stalin Staling was a was a classical example I guess of that paranoia because he he probably killed more Russians than uh you know the Russian army killed anybody else
[speaker001:] uh-huh sure I guess in particular my viewpoint is that they financially cannot go into a war uh they are desperate at this point in time to keep their country together but I could not foresee them severing what they have with the US um because they need us at this current time because of their financial situation um from what I've been hearing is the USSR uh USSR has been uh almost bankrupt for years and it's people are desperate and there might be a revolution within the people but I don't think the US would get involved with it because uh there's too close of ties to where
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] I think they understand that Gorbachev is trying to make a change and that we cannot run them like we run the US and that they have to make their own independent decision so I guess I really have no fear at all of the USSR verses uh you get these small little uh places like Iraq and all of that that
[speaker002:] sure
[speaker001:] might be something that I'd be more concerned about with nuclear weapons versus a a small uh or the big country of USSR I I I have no feelings that they would ever start a war with us because to them it would totally you know it would totally destroy their whole country because our technology is far advanced from what theirs is at this current time
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] so I mean sure they have weapons to kill us over and over and over but to them that would be a suicide and they and the Russian people are not suicidal type of people but if you get the Iraqis and Iran which will do it for the country for the pleasure of you know doing whatever uh for their country they'll do it uh
[speaker002:] yeah you're uh I think you're right there's a little more craziness down there uh the Russian people I think are not that much different from us you know I think they're that it would be the leadership that I'd I'd uh mistrust
[speaker001:] sure sure um-hum sure I have a daughter that's frustrated she's on a a stool that she can get up on but it if she can't get down on it it's like get me down right now but anyway it was really good talking to you and you have a good weekend
[speaker002:] yeah  you to thank you bye-bye
[speaker001:] uh-huh thank you bye now