Let me rephrase that. America did not defeat the Soviets on the battlefield. A Cold War is, by definition, a war which never flares into open conflict. America's military never directly confronted the Soviet military. Instead the capitalist world, led by America, defeated the communist world, led by the Soviets, by bankrupting it.
Wars are expensive.
Wars must be subsidized by profits from the private sectors of warring nations. Capitalist America defeated communist Russia by showing profits for 184 straight quarters, from 1945 to 1991, while the latter continually hemorrhaged red ink. The American businessmen you've been busy slandering with accusations of treason defeated communism. The first quote, denouncing American capitalists and condemning the profit motive, was taken from remarks made to the press by Gary Bauer. The second quote, denouncing American capitalists and condemning the profit motive, was taken from Gus Hall's Communist Party, USA web site .