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During the Cold War, the US was opposed to the USSR, and they were an officially atheist nation, therefore the US wished to emphasize that it was a religious nation and therefore the opposite of the USSR. The main conflict was between economic systems, capitalism vs. communism, and between political systems, democracy vs. Dictatorship, but there was a religious element as well.

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Q: Why is the cold war the reason you have under god in your pledge?
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