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From: robert@erix.UUCP (Robert Virding)
Newsgroups: net.politics,net.misc
Subject: Re: A International subject
Message-ID: <454@erix.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 25-May-84 17:25:33 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 25 17:25:33 1984
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>The options as I see them:
>
>(1) Do nothing.
>	Doesn't hurt the US much but I can see Japan and Western Europe getting
>	into a real bind here.
>
What, for the first time in history the US of A isn't going to have crusade
against .... :-) This is probably the best thing to do for the time being.

>(2) Intervene (on either side).
>	This is as case of damned if you do and damned if you don't. Neither
>	party is exactly what one would call savory.
>
Too true. See reply to (1).

>(3) Quash them both.
>	How? Destroy their ability to wage war? Or perhaps just both Airforces
>	then they can only continue to grind away at each other without the 
>	ability to bother anyone else.
They would still fight anyway, even without weapons. (sigh)

>(4) Nuc 'em back to the stone age-:).
>	Rather tacky don't you think?
You missed a golden chance to do it to one of them a while back! :-)

>(5) ????????
>	How about it Europe, you have the most to loose, (of the people who 
>	are on the Net anyway, too bad Japan isn't here). Any ideas?
>-- 
>Stephen C. Woods (VA Wadsworth Med Ctr./UCLA Dept. of Neurology)

I personally feel that for the time being most countries, especially the US,
should keep out of it. Any power who actively enters the war at this stage
will most certainly be forced to stay there for quite a while. So far both
sides have been burned in this respect.

			Robert Virding  @ L M Ericsson, Stockholm
			UUCP:{decvax,philabs}!mcvax!enea!erix!robert

P.S. *Please* continue this discussion in net.misc as well, we here in
     Europe don't get net.politics (Hint, hint to the people concerned!).