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From: halle1@houxz.UUCP (J.HALLE)
Newsgroups: net.flame,net.politics
Subject: Reagan's Remark
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Date: Fri, 17-Aug-84 13:40:28 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 17 13:40:28 1984
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Has anyone stopped to think that maybe Reagan's remark was not
a poor joke, but really a shrewd tactical move?  Perhaps he
intended for the Kremlin to start thinking:

	Omygawd!  He really would do it.  And he would surely blast us if
	we started it.  Maybe we better get to the table after all and see
	if we can limit what's there, so that he won't do it.

Sure, it's unlikely, but he didn't get as far as he did by being naive.
Sometimes it takes a baseball bat to the head to get someone's attention.