Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Tek) 9/26/83; site tektronix.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!houxz!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!larryk From: larryk@tektronix.UUCP (Larry Kohn) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Reagan's Remark Message-ID: <3394@tektronix.UUCP> Date: Mon, 20-Aug-84 17:28:06 EDT Article-I.D.: tektronix.3394 Posted: Mon Aug 20 17:28:06 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 22-Aug-84 01:15:58 EDT Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR Lines: 22 > 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. On the other hand: Omy_____! He really would do it. Maybe we better do it first and see if maybe we can't get away with it before he does it to us first. Personally, I don't think we're doing enough to get us to the table (shades of going out to meet the enemy and finding out it's us!).