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From: tims@shark.UUCP (Tim Stoehr)
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Subject: Re: Grenada and views on US/USSR
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Date: Tue, 15-Nov-83 15:54:54 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 15 15:54:54 1983
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    > Actually, I think that it is the sterotypical liberal and the
    > sterotypical conservative who fail to treat the U.S.A. and the
    > U.S.S.R. in an equal manner.  I would hope that most people, who
    > have views ranging between the extremes of sterotyped liberalism
    > and conservatism, judge nations by actions, not citizenship.
    > 
    > Unfortunatly, most american "liberalism" is more
    > "middle-of-the-road-ism", while conservatism seems to more
    > firmly entrenched. Hence, people still seem to be inclined to
    > point and wave their fingers at the Soviets much more than the
    > U.S., even in cases where there is considerable doubt as the
    > innocence of their own country.

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    Well, now that we have a liberal and impartial (choke, cough, gag)
    point of view, let's hear from one conservative point of view.

    Most american "conservatism" is more "look-at-the-facts-ism",
    while liberalism seems to be be less firmly based in world
    reality.  Hence, liberals still seem to be inclined to point
    and wave their fingers at the USA much more than any other
    entity, even in cases where this is totally contrary to the
    facts.  Anyone who can look at the USSR over the course of
    recent history and not realize the difference between US
    motivations and soviet motivations in international policies
    should take a good look at the differences between life in
    a communist country and life in a democratic and/or capitalist
    system such as the US, Japan, West Germany etc.  These
    differences can be directly applied when discussing the
    differences between soviet and US foreign policy.


			Tim Stoehr
			tekecs!shark!tims
			Flames, please, it's cold and wet in Oregon.