Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/12/84; site mit-hermes.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!mit-hermes!jpexg From: jpexg@mit-hermes.ARPA (John Purbrick) Newsgroups: net.flame,net.politics Subject: Re: Re: Soviet Union invading Europe Message-ID: <2197@mit-hermes.ARPA> Date: Mon, 29-Oct-84 13:35:58 EST Article-I.D.: mit-herm.2197 Posted: Mon Oct 29 13:35:58 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 30-Oct-84 19:37:52 EST References: <1717@sdccs6.UUCP>, <479@tty3b.UUCP> <803@eisx.UUCP> <292@whuxl.UUCP> <364@fisher.UUCP> Organization: The MIT AI Lab, Cambridge, MA Lines: 12 Here's a sure way of defending western Europe against Soviet invasion. It's expensive, although not as expensive as our current defenses, and relies on a weapon to which Russians are vulnerable and we aren't. We line the West German border, almost continuously, with shopping malls. The stores are filled with high quality goods, everything from blue jeans to frozen steaks to reliable washing-machines, and with plenty of glossy magazines (including obscene ones) lying around. Outside, the parking lots are full of BMW's and Mercedes, all with the keys in the ignition. Would any Russian leader risk letting a few hundred thousand ordinary citizens (ie, army conscripts) even see such a sight?