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From: mjk@tty3b.UUCP (Mike Kelly)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: EuroMissiles and Belgium
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Date: Mon, 21-Jan-85 15:06:40 EST
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The Chicago Tribune ran an editorial yesterday (1/20) on "The Belgian
Solution", which is the approach that the Belgian Prime Minister is
taking to deployment of U.S. missiles in his country.  Basically,
the Prime Minister is facing elections within the next eleven months,
at a time when polls show 47% of Belgians oppose deployment and only
18% support it.  He is appealing to Washington to let him delay
deployment until after the election so he doesn't lose.  Reagan has
"warned" the Prime Minister not to delay deployment

Does the Tribune suggest that he listen to the near-majority in his
country and tell the U.S. where it can put its missiles?   No, that he
show some "political courage" and continue with the deployment as
scheduled.  I guess that's the same kind of "political courage" shown
by the Polish government in responding to Solidarity, or the "courage"
shown by Reagan himself in ignoring the call for serious
arms negotiations by a large majority of Americans.

Seldom is it so clear just who calls the shots in Europe.  In the East,
it is undoubtedly the USSR.  This makes it very clear who Big Brother
is in the West.

Mike Kelly