Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as Soviet president on this day 20 years ago. Russia had declared its independence the day before.
There are now adults attending college and serving in the military who do not remember this. We will be vulnerable to the same fate if we are arrogant enough to think that we are immune from it. Occupying Afghanistan and economic mismanagement tends to take a heavy toll on superpowers.
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