Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-bach!mahoney From: mahoney@bach.DEC (Be verwy verwy quiet I am hunting wabbits) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Soviet Strength Message-ID: <854@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Tue, 15-Oct-85 18:23:53 EDT Article-I.D.: decwrl.854 Posted: Tue Oct 15 18:23:53 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 17-Oct-85 01:16:23 EDT Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 62 This is in response to the attacks on the Soviet Defense. I ask only that people who call the size of the Soviet Army unreasonable and only another name for offense think of the Russian situation. One the Soviet Union is surrounded for the most part by enemy's (or perceived enemy's). > 1 billion Chinese a) who blame the Russians for the loss of Mongolia b) who feel the Russians stole Siberia (or most of it) from them. c) who feel the Russians have undue influence in Southeast Asia which should be their domain. > You have the Germans on the otherside who invaded and killed over 20 million Soviet Citizens. > France and England who have both invaded Russia and France has done it twice. > In the Soviet Union itself the Ukrainians fought along side the Germans until the Germans started to abuse their people. Other nationalities within the Russian Empire oops Soviet Union also did the same. > Their so called allies are not much help to them since they are not trusted by the Russians. With good reasons I could be wrong but from what I have seen from History these nations not only would not be much help in War many would turn on the Soviets. Who do you see East Germany Fighting with The Russians or other Germans. How about the Poles who have never seen the Russians as anything but barbarians. (rightfully so since they have been under their domination for so long). Now lets look at the US. Up north we have Canada. Down South we have Mexico. The only real threat we have is Cuba and Nicraragua. No real threat in my book and I hope not by anyone else. I do not condone war or any other acts of violence but if you look at Russia as a nation they have been invaded many times and it is only natural to feel on the defensive. If someone kept punching you in the nose I am sure you would build some kind of defense against that person it is the same thing for the Russians. So people don't get the wrong idea I am not a lover of the Soviet Union by any means. I feel that any government that takes freedom away from its people for whatever reason is an immoral government. Thus the Soviet Union as a government has to be resisted but I can't not blame the Russian Government for defending itself. Brian Mahoney "A purveyor of truth is often silenced"