Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site tty3b.UUCP
Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!talcott!panda!genrad!decvax!harpo!whuxlm!whuxl!houxm!ihnp4!mgnetp!ltuxa!tty3b!mjk
From: mjk@tty3b.UUCP (Mike Kelly)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Re: socialists and weapon acquisition
Message-ID: <651@tty3b.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 25-Mar-85 15:49:25 EST
Article-I.D.: tty3b.651
Posted: Mon Mar 25 15:49:25 1985
Date-Received: Tue, 2-Apr-85 04:07:59 EST
References: <680@sdcsvax.UUCP> <830@ames.UUCP> <hou4b.1353> <1459@dciem.UUCP> <366@talcott.UUCP> <785@erix.UUCP>
Organization: Teletype Corp., Skokie, Ill
Lines: 22

In article <366@talcott.UUCP> gjk@talcott.UUCP (Greg Kuperberg) writes:
>                                                        Does anyone know
>why Helmut Schmidt's party now opposes these missiles, and when and how
>they changed their minds?

The SPD also faces erosion of their base from Die Grunen (The Greens), an
ecology and anti-nuclear party that has made some significant gains in
traditionally SPD areas such as Hessen and West Berlin.  SPD and Die Grunen
are discussing a united front approach, so the SPD position may be 
considered part of that.

Also remember that Schmidt represents the right wing of the SPD.  Other
important voices (e.g. Willy Brandt) have always opposed basing U.S.
nuclear missiles in West Germany.   I think they have seen the wisdom
of (Ret.) Admiral Gene LaRoque's observation:

	"We fought World War I in Europe, we fought World War II in
	 Europe and if you dummies will let us, we'll fight World War
	 III in Europe, too ..."

Mike Kelly