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From: davef@brspyr1.BRS.Com (Dave Fiske)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: I'm pro Russian
Keywords: Soviet, UUCP network
Message-ID: <5095@brspyr1.BRS.Com>
Date: 5 Dec 88 19:44:27 GMT
References: <192@s1.sys.uea.ac.uk> <2326@cbnews.ATT.COM> <7961@dasys1.UUCP> <758@quintus.UUCP>
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In article <758@quintus.UUCP>, ok@quintus.uucp (Richard A. O'Keefe) writes:
> When I was in the UK, I several times saw in the press the comment
> that the USA has missiles pointed at the UK.  There are reasons why this
> is credible, though I reserve judgement.  Did this stop people in the UK

We once had a guest lecturer, Milton Leitenberg, at a class on foreign
policy when I was in college.  He shared with us some of his notes and
observations from a news conference he attended at the Pentagon, at
which the officer giving the briefing made allusion to a policy of the
U.S. to target any nation which has atomic weapons.  Someone asked if
that meant that allies, like Britain and France (presently an
unofficial ally), were targeted.  Leitenberg said the general just
smiled, then went on to his next topic.

Well, I guess it's always possible for any country to undergo a
Communist revolution, and we can't very well wait till the last minute
to modify our targeting.    :^)
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