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From: laura@utcsstat.UUCP (Laura Creighton)
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Subject: Re: Soviet Reaction to Pershings
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Date: Fri, 9-Dec-83 08:53:24 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec  9 08:53:24 1983
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I would really, really like to believe Piet Beertema that the Soviets
would not invade Western Europe. But I don't. After all, they invaded
Afghanistan recently, and settled things in Poland, and have not
released (for example) the Ukraine. This seems to indicate that they
are willing to run countries even if they are not wanted -- just as long as
they think that they can get away with it. What is to keep them from thinking
that the same Europeans who do not want war so much that they do not want
American missiles will also prefer to become part of the USSR rather than
fight? Note: it does not matter if they would be *wrong* in holding
this belief -- just what is to keep them from holding it?

Laura Creighton
utzoo!utcsstat!laura