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From: ludemann@ubc-cs.UUCP (Peter Ludemann)
Newsgroups: can.politics
Subject: Re: Arming our Forces
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Date: Sun, 8-Sep-85 22:27:17 EDT
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Posted: Sun Sep  8 22:27:17 1985
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In article <2043@mnetor.UUCP> clewis@mnetor.UUCP (Chris Lewis) writes:
>>...
>>We are presently at peace with the entire world, including the USSR.
>
>We were in 1938 too.
>
I have a 65 year old friend who was talking about how he volunteered
to be a U.S. Navy officer in 1936 or so (to avoid being drafted into
a branch of the forces that he didn't want).  He told me that it was
obvious that there would be a war.  So far, he sees no evidence of
a war coming, and if it were serious enough to involve Canada, I
doubt that that anyone would survive anyway (nuclear winter and all that).

If the Yankees and Russkies want to slug it out, there's
nothing we can do (except try to talk gently to them).  As for the rest,
let's try to remain at peace with everyone.  I don't need to carry
a shotgun whenever I go over to my neighbour's to discuss the state
of our mutual fence.