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From: franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: "We will bury you." -Khruschev
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Date: Tue, 3-Dec-85 19:23:15 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec  3 19:23:15 1985
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In article <833@whuxl.UUCP> orb@whuxl.UUCP (SEVENER) writes:
>The fact that *all* the press mistakenly reported this incorrect
>translation does not surprise me one whit.

Me, either.  They all reported the translation given by the official
U.N. interpreter.

>*All* the press has
>mistakenly reported many other things which turned out to be wrong.
>For example, *all* the press reported the US government's allegations
>that the Soviets were using "Yellow Rain" as a form of chemical warfare
>in violation of chemical warfare treaties in Southeast Asia.
>Where has the press reported the recent Scientific American article
>which conclusively demonstrates that, in fact, "Yellow Rain" is
>actually bee feces?  The New York Times ran a short article on it.

Actually, it wasn't conclusive.  The issue is still open.

Scientific American is not an unbiased source.  Its articles with foreign
policy implications show a distinct "liberal" bias.  (I put the word the
word liberal in quotes, because I regard myself as a liberal, but do not
agree with the pacifistic kind of policies thus supported.)  They do this
not by publishing unscientific articles, but by being selective about what
articles they print.  Note that none of the work supporting the chemical
warfare theory ever appeared there.

>On the other hand, while Khruschev never said "We will bury you",
>Ronald Reagan *did* say:
> "The bombing starts in five minutes."

Yes, and he was *joking*.  I did not and do not like Reagan, but I found
this reasuring (sp?), not frightening.  It showed that he put some distance
between himself and the popular image of himself as a warmonger.  If he
really thought starting the bombing was a good idea, he wouldn't have
said it as a joke.

Frank Adams                           ihpn4!philabs!pwa-b!mmintl!franka
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