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From: cher@ihlpm.UUCP (Mike Cherepov)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Israeli Indian Relations (why have relations with US...)
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Date: Thu, 5-Dec-85 14:38:17 EST
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> >If countries would base their diplomatic relationship on morality
> >then the Soviet Union would not have any diplomatic relationship
> >with any country.
> 
> Why would any country have relations with the United States then? Chile,
> Iran, Nicaragua, Phillipines, Grenada are all examples of the US stepping
> out of bounds. Expecting other countries to obey World Court judgements, and
> then ignoring those which the US sees as being incorrect seems pretty

I find the reasoning moronic to the extreme.  There are big differences
between open society like US where "stepping out of bounds" is
pretty much openly discussed and influenced by public opinion and USSR.
The biggest implication of these huge differences is that if 
the previous poster spoke of Soviets' "stepping out of bounds"  while being 
in USSR he'd find himself in a mental institution or a jail cell.
I see Granada, etc, as inadequate attempts by USA to save it's ass
in geopolitic game where Soviets and their little helpers (Vietnam,
Cuba) have their hands untied.

Apart from that, his response implies that USSR is a more moral society
then Israel (that's why India has relations with USSR). 
I doubt that he really believes that hogwash.
Then again, maybe he does...
		Mike Cherepov (mutter,mutter...)
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Mike Cherepov