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From: judd@umcp-cs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: cruise missiles
Message-ID: <4909@umcp-cs.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 29-Jan-84 03:19:16 EST
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Posted: Sun Jan 29 03:19:16 1984
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I get the feeling that the europeans on this net don't read anything.
I have seen numerous articles in the US press (Time, Newsweek ..) conecting
the NATO deployment of theater nukes w/ the rather massive buildup of
CONVENTIONAL arms by the Warsaw Pact (read USSR).  Since the European 
governments have been unable to fund an increase in conventional arms for
NATO the only effictive action NATO command can take is to ask for and
deploy theater nukes.

It is silly to think that NATO is trying to coerce the SU into an arms race
as NATO is responding to the levels of conventional arms deployed by the
SU.

I am perfectly willing to admit that 'our' side is not doing a perfect job
at dealing w/ the Soviets.  There is too much Cold War thinking in the West
and it is interfeering (sp) with our efforts to avoid glassing ourselves.
However, it is just plain DUMB to think the Soviets are a bunch of poor,
missunderstood fellows.

When there are no police to make everyone behave in a civilized fashion
you must be able to make the other guys behave and be willing to behave
yourself.


Also note, some time in early Jan I saw a small article in the Ft Worth
newspaper stating that the SU had just increased its SS-20 (which ever is
their equivalent to Pershings) force.
-- 
Spoken: Judd Rogers
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