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From: faustus@ucbvax.ARPA (Wayne Christopher)
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Subject: Re: Star Wars Defense...
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Date: Sat, 8-Sep-84 01:46:46 EDT
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Posted: Sat Sep  8 01:46:46 1984
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>  > ".. you have to fight fire with fire .."
> 
> Reminds me of Darth Vader: "To defeat me you must become me."   Is that
> what you want, Wayne?
> 
> Mike Kelly

I think you are quoting this a bit out of context, but... I think that
if you really think about it, you can find a lot of ways in which Darth
Vader is a bad analogy for the USSR.  What I meant is, if the Soviets
are running around supplying arms to countries and overthrowing
governments without scruples, and we agonize for months about whether
some dictator really deserves our support, we aren't going to stay ahead
for long. Politics (especially international politics) isn't a moral
game -- you do what you have to if you want to survive. That doesn't
mean that we have to become like the USSR... How about "Strike me down
and I will become infinitely more powerful?" Would you rather use this
as a slogan for foreign affairs?

	Wayne