Tuesday, April 14, 2015
The differences of the US and USSR
The US and USSR obviously have very different ideas and beliefs when it comes to government and basically everything else. Although they have major differences, for a while, they still seemed to be able to get along well enough to figure out some sort of agreement to get along better or detente. But eventually their differences get in the way of their agreements and begin making it hard for the US and USSR to have a better relationship. Their beliefs were just too different. For example, Americans are all about human rights and the protection of human rights. But to the Soviets, human rights are a foreign idea, they don't understand it and don't believe in it. So when the US government tried to get the USSR to sign something that involved giving citizens basic human rights, the USSR didn't really understand it and didn't want to accept it, stopping them from detente. The same idea happened with immigration. The US thought that the Soviet Union should allow people to immigrate wherever they pleased, but the Soviet Union didn't understand their viewpoint, creating tension between the 2 countries again.
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I believe that if the Salt II treaty was ratified, the detente period would have lasted for longer between the Soviets and Russia. SALT II called for significant limitation to arms and the stoppage of all new missile and nuclear weapons technology. While both sides agreed, the treaty must be passed in the United States Senate. However, while the bill was in the process of being passed, the Soviets declared war on Afghanistan, and the United States discovered missiles stationed in Cuba. While many view this bill not passing as the United States' fault, the Russians had just as much, if not more to do with the SALT II treaty not passing.
ReplyDeleteI think that it was very risky for the US to bring up human rights because it increased tensions. It was ethically right, but if it had caused a great likelihood of an atomic bomb to be dropped, it would have been not nearly worth it.
ReplyDeleteI think that it was very risky for the US to bring up human rights because it increased tensions. It was ethically right, but if it had caused a great likelihood of an atomic bomb to be dropped, it would have been not nearly worth it.
ReplyDeleteI think that it was very risky for the US to bring up human rights because it increased tensions. It was ethically right, but if it had caused a great likelihood of an atomic bomb to be dropped, it would have been not nearly worth it.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Sarah because they were the ones with human rights and it could be that others didn't like the idea of it. Since the USSR thought human rights as a foreign idea that led into disagreements with the other countries.
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