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Subject: Experts:Are they all Milos?
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Date: Tue, 13-Nov-84 17:33:56 EST
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In the whole discussion of "experts" and the problem of preventing Nuclear
War (and just what it IS we are preventing) Milo seems to assume that
proponents of the Freeze or at the very least some form of arms control
are not "experts".  Let me dispell that notion immediately.
I have already pointed out that many biologists have ,in the past and currently,
argued that nuclear weapons create far more havoc and destruction than
their supporters claim. Milo's claim that 30% of the population would survive
an allout Nuclear War is not supported by any reasonable evidence.
But there are also many *strategic* experts who have either supported a
Nuclear Freeze by both sides or warned about the perils of the present arms race.
William Colby, Director of the CIA under Nixon supports a Nuclear Freeze
   and has written that it IS verifiable.  In fact, he argues that such a
   proposal limiting ALL nuclear weapons would be easier to verify than many
   current agreements which allow certain weapons and not others.  Such
   agreements lead to myriad disputes over what is limited or not.
Herbert Scoville, Deputy Director of the CIA under Carter supports a Nucler
   Freeze and just wrote a column in the New York Times arguing that a Freeze
   IS verifiable.
Roger Mollander, National Security Adviser to many Presidents founded the Ground   Zero Campaign because he was very concerned about the acceleration of the
   nuclear arms race under Reagan and the aegis of the Committee for the
   Present Danger.  He has not come out in support of a Nuclear Freeze per se
   but has voiced great concern about the need for arms control of some kind.
George F. Kennan, adviser to many Presidents, and author of the "Containment
   Doctrine" begun in the 50's has just written a book about the origins
   of the First World War and the parallels to our own nuclear age.
   Kennan is probably the most respected strategist in the country. As
   previously noted he authored the Containment Doctrine while serving in
   the Soviet Union, which served as a basis for American foreign policy for
   many years.
I have to go now, but the list could go on.
many if not most of the "experts" are as scared about the prospects of
Nuclear War in the current climate as I am.
tim sevener whuxl!orb