'Most Americans believe the U.S. won the Cold War, yet Russia is deploying a new generation of rockets "designed . . . to bypass western anti-missile defense," China is modernizing its nuclear warheads, Peru has declared a "state of emergency" in the south where Maoist revolutionaries (Shining Path rebels) seized a town and Sri Lanka is fighting Maoist rebels who control a large part of that country.
India, Britain, and the U.S. have embargoed arms shipments to the King of Nepal who is fighting Maoist rebels who are trying to overthrow his government. If the U.S.-backed embargo is successful, the democratically elected government of Nepal will fall. [1] Why are these things happening? The situation is confusing unless you are old enough to remember the tragic events that took place during the twentieth century.'
