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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
Newsgroups: can.politics
Subject: Re: Canadian participation in Star Wars.
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Date: Thu, 6-Jun-85 15:03:50 EDT
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> > 	By the way, just in case we don't have enough to disagree about
> > already; suppose you were the leader of , oh, say either side and
> > you were told that three ICBM's were going to impact on your country
> > in about ten minutes,(more or less). What is your opinion of the
> > best, or say sanest response?
> 
> Clearly the sanest *immediate* response is to put everything on alert
> but do nothing irrevocable.  ...

Forgot to mention:  clearly *the* sanest immediate response, if it's
available, is to shoot down those three ICBMs before they arrive.  And
then call up the other side and ask them what happened and what they
plan to do about it.

Of course, if the people opposed to "Star Wars" get their way, this
option is closed to us.

(Incidentally, I realize that going ahead with SDI does not guarantee
us this option, for various reasons including the risk that SDI
deployment will precipitate a full-scale war.  But not going ahead with
it, or something like it someday, most assuredly makes it impossible
for us to defend ourselves.  "Defend", as opposed to "deter".)
-- 
				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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