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From: franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: American troops in Turkey, S. Korea
Message-ID: <1128@mmintl.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 31-Jan-86 19:12:37 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 31 19:12:37 1986
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In article <11000118@uiucdcsb> cdp@uiucdcsb.CS.UIUC.EDU writes:
>Mr Cramer, there is not "much" or "little" democracy. Either there is
>democracy somewhere or there isn't.

A clear and simple statement, which is simply and clearly wrong.  There is
a continuum from democracies through autocracies to totalitarianisms, and
a nation may be anywhere along that spectrum.  There are no pure democracies,
and no purely totalitarian governments, although there are some pretty good
approximations to either extreme.

>Europe has virtually broken any relations with Turkey.

This is blatantly false.  Turkey remains a member of NATO.  I have not
heard of ANY European nation breaking off relations with Turkey, except
Greece.  Many European nations have been unhappy about may of the
developments in Turkey in the last decade, but this is a long way from
breaking off relations.

Frank Adams                           ihpn4!philabs!pwa-b!mmintl!franka
Multimate International    52 Oakland Ave North    E. Hartford, CT 06108