Does anyone else miss the Cold War, when the bad guys were defined?

Nope but I understand the Longing for a Simpler Time with Simpler Answers. It never was really true but it is a nice Romantic Notion.

Things were definitely more defined. It was almost like a chess match. To a degree there were "rules".
We would do an exercise, they would counter with an exercise of their own. We/they would prop up some country's government, we/they would arm the anti-govt forces or the country next to it. We dared them to out spend us militarily and they failed.

Now it's just a big muddled, chaotic mess. Warlords and their Militia groups go to the highest bidder. Anyone and everyone is a target now, women, children, it doesn't matter.

The good old Soviet Military Liaison Mission cards. Also known as the SMLM card. God only knows what happened to mine.

I remember when I tore my card up and pitched it.

Screw the cold war. I often lament that I was born too late to fight the fascists in WWII and regret that I was born to soon to fight the next wave of them. (Keep in mind that both the communists and the socialists are variations of socialists and they are coming again)

SGT Francis Wright I couldn't agree more.