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From: mjk@tty3b.UUCP (Mike Kelly)
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Subject: Re: Star Wars Defense Plan
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Date: Fri, 24-Aug-84 12:52:17 EDT
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From: res@ihuxn.UUCP (Rich Strebendt)

(he was responding to this statement by an unidentified poster: "Reagan wants
 to build Star Wars because he's been an utter failure at
 arms control. No other reason.")

 >I will not presume to guess the President's desires, but I
 >surmise from his statements that he is willing to discuss any arms
 >limitation agreements that hold promise of being both practical and
 >practicable.

Then you must believe that every arms control agreement negotiated in the
past twenty-five years is impractical and inpracticable, since Reagan has
opposed every one of them.  Never mind that most of them have worked quite
well, and that even an indisuputable hawk like Jeanne Kirkpatrick has said
that the so-called "violations" of arms control agreements by the Soviets
are really differences in interpretation.

I'd like an example of an arms control agreement Reagan would support.  So
far there are none; he's never met an arms control agreement he liked.

Mike Kelly