"The Soviet Union is responsible for the Cold War lasting as long as it did because they instigated war on numerous occasions." To what extent do you agree or disagree with the statement?

While it is true that the Soviet Union has had a great responsibility in the duration of the Cold War due to the constant warlike confrontations in which it entered (the last being the invasion of Afghanistan), the United States has also had great responsibility in terms of to the duration of the event. It is true that, towards the end of the Cold War (when the Soviet defeat was imminent), America began to urge for the culmination of the confrontation and the Soviet withdrawal (with events such as Reagan's speech in front of the Berlin Wall), but also It is true that during the last years of the Cold War there were numerous American military participations, especially in Latin America.

swe hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. — that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. "

- declaration of independence

  according to this passage from the declaration of independence, who gives government the power to exist?

a) the king

b) the people

c) their creator

d) their governmenthook