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From: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann)
Newsgroups: net.politics,net.flame
Subject: Re: We've GOT to do somethin' for Peace Dept.
Message-ID: <158@unc.unc.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 15-Aug-85 21:53:38 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug 15 21:53:38 1985
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Reply-To: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann)
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Summary: 

In article <147@psc70.UUCP> tos@psc70.UUCP (Dr.Schlesinger) writes:
>
>   The suggestion that we are soft about the destruction of innocent
>life is ludicrous.

Haven't you ever watched James Bond movies?  It's always
the _commie_ spy (or Nazi spy, same difference) who is told,
	"You knew the penalty for failure"
just before his own boss kills him.

>I suppose we gave a damn about how many millions of
>Vietnamese we butchered to avoid admitting we'd made a stupid mistake
>by retrieving a former French colony under the guise of containment.

No, no.  That's a negative attitude.  Think of it as the many
(millions?  Naw!) Vienamese we butchered to avoid the greater
bloodbath which invariably follows communist revolutions
(and which did indeed follow the communist take-over of South Vietnam
and Cambodia, as expected).

>then comes Hiroshima with all of its questions, and heaven knows
>what other humanitarian wonders we'll yet bring to the world. 

Yeah, I know about Hiroshima, but that's different, 'cause we always
felt bad about it.

I don't think I can continue this discussion with you,
if you insist on being serious.

	Frank Silbermann