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From: esj@ihuxl.UUCP (J. Johnson)
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Subject: Re: Soviet Reaction to Pershings
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Date: Mon, 12-Dec-83 12:41:18 EST
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Having read the various comments bouncing back and forth re: GLCM's &
Pershings, an heretical thought came to me. Namely:

Why not pull our missiles out of Europe and withdraw from NATO?

If Piet and the "peaceniks" are correct, Western Europe is in no danger.
If Yuri and the boys want Western Europe, they would still have to face
the UK and France, who DO have nuclear weapons.  The US wouldn't have to
spend money on NATO, the defense of Europe would be (properly, I think) in the
hands of the Europeans, nobody would have to worry about a false warning 
starting WWIII, the Soviets wouldn't have to worry about Leningrad being
vaporized: everybody would be happy, yes?

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Jeff "I've always liked Vindicators" Johnson