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1867: Alaska and Seward’s Folly

Monday, March 30, 2020 1:11

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The Cold War, or the ideological conflict between communism and freedom, lasted 4 decades.

It started shortly after World War II and went on until the Russian flag replaced the Soviet flag in late December 1991.

Wonder how different things would have been had Alaska been another Soviet republic?

On this day in 1867, Secretary of State Seward signed a treaty with Russia and purchased Alaska for $7 million.

It was actually a huge bargain but that’s not what they thought back then.

So they called it “Seward’s Folly” or ““Seward’s icebox”.

The critics were tough on President Andrew Johnson, too. They called it his “polar bear garden.”

Less than a 100 years later, or 1959, Alaska became a state and nobody is calling the purchase a folly anymore.

Can you imagine Soviet missiles pointing at the US from north in Alaska? Or more oil fields in the hands of Putin today?

P.S. You can listen to my show (Canto Talk) and follow me on Twitter.

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— Silvio Canto, Jr. (@SCantojr) March 30, 2018

Source: http://cantotalk.blogspot.com/2020/03/1867-alaska-and-sewards-folly.html

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