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From: jsanders@aecom.UUCP (Jeremy Sanders)
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Subject: Re: Who's deterring whom?
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Date: Sun, 20-Nov-83 13:13:51 EST
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Posted: Sun Nov 20 13:13:51 1983
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	I noticed at least one error in this article (neither Israel
or Egypt have US bases on their soil), which puts into doubt the accuracy
of some of its other assertions. The USSR has plenty of troops in its
satelite countries (as much to keep them in line as to threaten the west),
why doesn't our un-named writer mention those ?

>        The U.S. government, an the class it represents, has shown

	Phew! The US government does not represent some strange "class"
(I guess he means rich); it represents the people of the United States
and its decisions are, by and large, a reflection of the collective,
expressed will of the majority of those people (a majority in which I am
often, but not always included). If the US government can be said to
represent any one "class" of people, I would call it the class of free
people. As far the US gov't's represnting some class, thats a lot more
than you can say for the group in control in the USSR.

> that its decisions about the use of nuclear weapons are governed not
> by any concern for the fate of humanity but by what it can get away
> with and how its interests can be served.

	I should certainly hope so. The *entire* purpose of a government is
to lead and protect the nation it governs. If, in the course of this, the
cause of the rest of humanity is served, so much the better, but the duty
of any government is to look out for its own. I certainly would never vote
for a government that would give more - or even equal - consideration to
foreigners.

						Jeremy Sanders