[MD] growth and sustainability

[Platt Holden]

> > [Krimel]
> > This just in... Russia fell largely as a result of pissing away its
> > resources in a protracted and futile war in Afghanistan. 
> > 
> > When indeed will they ever learn?
> 
> [Platt]
> Yeah, right. Russia went belly up trying to compete with the U.S. arms 
> build up, especially Star Wars -- a Reagan initiative. When will they ever
> stop learning history from folk singers and rock bands? 
> 
> [Krimel]
> What you expect from people whose fearless leader develops defense
> initiatives from old B-movies scripts. Initiatives that had little impact
> on
> our foreign relations and basically just wasted US research dollars.

Wisdom from hippies.