The Modern Days

Even Though the Cold War ended years ago between the U.S.A and the U.S.S.R, there is still much tension between the two. We still compete to try an do better than the other country, even if we dont notice we are. For exapmle in the Olympics this winter. The U.S.A fans were routing for the hockey to team to beat the Russian team. Most people did not want to have to live with knowing the U.S.A lost to Russian, for a chance to get into the finals, and play Canada for the gold medals. Another example is in war. When America goes to war they know that the U.S.S.R is not a ally but is also not an enemy that they know of. So pretty much it all comes down to is the U.S.A does not want to lose to the Russians in anything! An the Russians feel the same way about the Americans. Which is always going to cause cery much tension between the two former enemies. Last example is when the U.S and Russia were ina race to see who could successfully get a satalite into space, this took many many tries and failures before the U.S finally got the first one into space.