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From: brent@poseidon.UUCP (Brent P. Callaghan)
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Subject: Re: A High Tech Maginot Line
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Date: Mon, 6-Jan-86 09:55:15 EST
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>	Actually, there is an even *more* important question. What do
>we(or they) do if a violation is detected? We cannot really threaten
>to go to war over a violation, that would be over-reacting. Could we
>make any violation void the whole treaty and make it cause for the
>other side to resume nuclear developement? I am not sure that is
>practical. And why should we expect the US government to take any
>strong positive action obout such a violation, given that we have been
>simply ignoring numerous violations of existing treaties(that is
>except for meaningless diplomatic hand-slapping)? In other words the
>question is how is the treaty to be *enforced*?

At the next summit, the leader of the violating country gets
cream pied by the other leader.
With the world press invited of course.  :-)
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