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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: Star Wars Defense...
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Date: Wed, 12-Sep-84 18:35:57 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 12 18:35:57 1984
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>  b) the violent collapse of the Soviet Union and the resulting wars,
>     revolutions and famines are not in the American national interest.
>     There would be no guarantees of a better regime emerging in the
>     end (remember, many Iranians thought nothing could be worse than
>     the Shah and plenty of Germans were sure nothing could be worse 
>     than the Weimar Republic).

More to the point, if you are worried about accidental nuclear war,
then internal collapse in the Soviet Union is something to be deeply
concerned about, not to say frightened of.  Revolutionary chaos in
a nuclear-armed country is not to be taken lightly.  Especially since
there would inevitably be accusations that the US had started it.
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				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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