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Yes, it always was a very real threat. Unfortunately the same liberals that were lying to us then that there was no "real threat" are still here today. Lying about how communism isn't a threat. Lying how Islamic fundamentalists aren't a real threat.
I don't remember any liberals back then stating there was no threat. Weren't they the ones protecting us from the Soviet threat?
Of course there were liberals telling us communism and the USSR wasn't a real threat. Hell, liberals were more afraid of Reagan and Thatcher than of the communists. According to libs back then, they were right wing nuts that were going to start a nuclear war.
The Soviet Union turned out to be not as big a threat as we had projected. Their equipment was outdated,maintenance was poor, troops poorly trained, morale was low. Nuclear wise they were still a threat. Conventional forces were overrated.
Communism as a political/economic system was never a threat at all. The idea that their ideology would take hold in the US was never an issue