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From: kevin@lasspvax.UUCP (Kevin Saunders)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Those crates
Message-ID: <128@lasspvax.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 21-Nov-84 11:22:55 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 21 11:22:55 1984
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In article <> bnapl@burdvax.UUCP (Tom Albrecht) writes:
>Cuba, the Soviet pawn, has been the cause of widespread chaos throughout 
>Africa and Central America.

Funny, but after the dust settled a little in Angola, we found out 
that it was Fidel's idea to send troops to support the MPLA.  Sounds 
more like a bishop to me :-).

Also, if you take a look at John Stockwell's _In Search of Enemies_,
you find he has the most curious idea:  we never wanted "our side" 
to win, and would not supply them with the weapons required to 
do so; Kissinger sought to "embarrass" the Sovs & make their 
victory "more expensive."  Stockwell was director of the covert 
war in Angola, so his opinion is not irrelevant.  In addition, 
you might note that the Angolan gov't (i.e., the MPLA) has gotten along
fine with Gulf Oil, a famous Commie front.  

Funny, but there's been a lot of home-grown chaos in South Africa 
recently.  Could it be that slavery, whatever you choose to call it, 
is unpopular *everywhere*?

>	As long as we perceive a threat to our own security we should do
>what we can to neutralize the threat.
>

"What you mean, *we*, paleface?"  Do you mean the Czechoslovakian
threat, the "dagger pointed at the heart of Germany?"  Or are you
referring to the threat of Polish trade unions?  The threat of an
independent India?  Maybe you're referring to the threat posed by labor
unions in the Third World?  There's a funny thing about "principles"
like this:  the other side uses them too.  I like to think America can
do better than that, even though it means I'm agreeing with Jimmy
Carter.

Patriotically,
Kevin Eric Saunders
lasspvax!kevin@cornell.arpa