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From: thill@ssc-bee.UUCP (Tom Hill)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: America: soft, rich, pacifist (how they perceive us)
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Date: Fri, 29-Mar-85 15:09:00 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 29 15:09:00 1985
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> >  Reply to Jim Matthews:
> >   If anything, the Soviets see us as a rich, soft, and corrupt
> > power, with no stomach for the real world of power politics.
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> This is a "rich, soft and corrupt" power? Rich, yes. Corrupt, maybe.
> Soft? You must be joking!
>                        tim sevener    whuxl!orb

Jim stated how the Soviets perceive us, not how we perceive ourselves.
There is a big difference between the two.  Don't forget, the Soviets lost
20 million men, women, and children in WW II and millions more from the
purges of Stalin.  They may respect our current military power, but
they still consider us "rich, soft, and corrupt."


Tom Hill