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From: medin@ucbvax.ARPA (Milo Medin)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Politics, morals and nukes
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Date: Sat, 13-Oct-84 19:06:31 EDT
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Ok Tim, I have just about had it.  All this talk that a nuclear war
would not leave survivors is pure BS!  You talk about Reagan stating
thatover 50% of Soviet population would survive and you say this
is ludicrous.  You are dead wrong.  Please show me some figures to support
your claim!!!  I have given several sources for my assertion that Soviet
casulaties after a US retaliation would be low.  Where are yours 
staing the contrary.  All the talk about blowing up the world
12 times over must have been started by somebody who is a 
Soviet agent, this sort of stuff is totally off base and anyone
in the business will tell you so.  Heck, even McNamara said that
we could only kill 20% back in the 60's, and we have cut our
throweight enormously since then!  His claim was that that was
enough to deter. Now that is a matter for debate, but those figures
which show Soviet casualties anywhere near US casualties are
ridiculous.  I want to see FACTS and NUMBERS!!!


					Milo