Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!uflorida!novavax!nanook From: nanook@novavax.UUCP (Kieth Dickinson) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Soviet Access to Usenet Message-ID: <825@novavax.UUCP> Date: 29 Nov 88 15:28:10 GMT References: <5044@brspyr1.BRS.Com> Organization: Nova University, Fort Lauderdale, FL Lines: 46 in article <5044@brspyr1.BRS.Com>, miket@brspyr1.BRS.Com (Mike Trout) says: > > In article <2331@cbnews.ATT.COM>, lvc@cbnews.ATT.COM (Lawrence V. Cipriani) writes: >> A Soviet Union that is fat and happy with the status quo would seem to >> me to be more likely to engage in military adventures. > > Sorry, but you have this backwards. All nations engage in military adventures > only when they feel threatened. I'm sure that the Germans were feeling REAL threatend back during World War II when all of those nasty countries like Poland (with it's horseback cavalry) and the such were threatening to take over the country! > The USSR is the world's leading expert at > paranoia, its land mass having been invaded 101 times and its currrent > boundaries surrounded by enemies. Any internal problems cause them to lash out > at whatever they perceive to be a threat, even if their logic is often faulty. > When things are comfy you don't feel threatened and don't feel a need to send > out the troops to protect your interests. > Ahhhh... This is quite true. It also confirms what the other poster said. If everything is going nicely and the economy of the Russian people is improved (maybe by backing of a _little_ on defense production) then maybe they wouldn't always be in such a twit over every little problem. Most of the problems would go away if their economy got back on it's feet! >> Dealing with the Soviets is a very tricky business, but one fact is very >> clear, they respect military strength. > > I'm not sure what you mean by this old cold war statement. In what way do the > Soviets respect military strength more than other nations? I fail to note any > historical data to substantiate this. > Don't looke at me for answers to that line... I'm not too sure about what was being said either.... Keith Dickinson -------------- _ /| | Fidonet : 369/2 [(305) 421-8593] Brave Mew World South \'o.O' | Internet : nanook@muadib.FIDONET.ORG =(___)= | UUCP : (novavax,hoptoad!ankh)!muadib!nanook | nanook@novavax U | USNail : 433 SE 13th CT. J-202, Deerfield Beach, Fl. 33441 Ack! | Disclamer: This message was created by a faulty AI program. Don't blame me...I voted for Bill'n'Opus in '88