Barrack Obama: A Cold War Kid Introspective Perspective

Whether you agree with Barrack Obama’s political viewpoint or not, you have to have noticed his drawing power! The last time I saw young people take such an interest in politics at this level, was during the Robert Kennedy campaign. I was only ten years old at the time, but I recall the excitement, and the electricity, and even at that age, you could understand something different was happening. That has been a missing component of every presidential race since!

Welcome to ColdWar Kid, a website for ColdWar Kids, and anyone else interested! This site will contain things of interest to the coldwar generation from the perspective of a child of that era, along with a little social commentary, and whatever else suits our fancy.

So, “Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear!” ( remember that line?)

Some of the stories related to coldwar events are hitting the top of the news these days. The U.S. Navy has been ordered to target a satellite for destruction. The satellite is on it’s way to collide with the earth soon. The first man made satellite to be put into orbit around the earth was “Sputnik,” and was launched by the former Soviet Union (It feels good to write “former Soviet Union!”).

Vietnam has been bitten by the capitalist bug, the money is just too good for them to pass up. My thinking is, that facing down one ideology with another ideology on the battlefield, although sometimes necessary, is rarely as successful as facing it down in the real world, the world of economics! It may be slow, but it works