15
Apr
2026
The United States failed to predict the collapse of the Soviet Union despite extensive study.
I mean, to get an idea of how bad our intelligence is, the United States had no idea the Soviet Union was about to collapse. I mean, think about that. We've been studying the Soviet Union minutely, using massive resources for half a century. And we had no idea that the whole thing was about to collapse between 1989 and 1992.