The artificial European Union superstate was built without a defense budget - the U.S. taxpayer picking up the tab. Meantime, the violent worldwide Marxist revolution aimed at exporting Soviet weapons from Russia to Cuba, to [[Nicaragua]], to [[El Salvador]] and all [[Central America]], and eventually Mexico and the United States to overthrow the capitalist international order, liberate the oppressed masses, and establish [[Socialism]]. Raising living standards in Mexico via free trade and NAFTA was seen as a way to counter Marxist revolutionary ideology, Soviet [[foreign policy]], and compete with the Euro zone. | The artificial European Union superstate was built without a defense budget - the U.S. taxpayer picking up the tab. Meantime, the violent worldwide Marxist revolution aimed at exporting Soviet weapons from Russia to Cuba, to [[Nicaragua]], to [[El Salvador]] and all [[Central America]], and eventually Mexico and the United States to overthrow the capitalist international order, liberate the oppressed masses, and establish [[Socialism]]. Raising living standards in Mexico via free trade and NAFTA was seen as a way to counter Marxist revolutionary ideology, Soviet [[foreign policy]], and compete with the Euro zone. |