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From: larryk@tektronix.UUCP (Larry Kohn)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: Reagan's Remark
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Date: Mon, 20-Aug-84 17:28:06 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 20 17:28:06 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.


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!).