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From: anich@puff.UUCP (Steve Anich)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Reagan and the arms race: re to Albrecht
Message-ID: <688@puff.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 10-Mar-86 01:50:50 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 10 01:50:50 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 15-Mar-86 05:17:32 EST
References: <155@jc3b21.UUCP> <1405@mhuxt.UUCP> <560@whuts.UUCP> <1410@mhuxt.UUCP> <1022@whuxl.UUCP>
Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept
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In article <1022@whuxl.UUCP>, orb@whuxl.UUCP (SEVENER) writes:
>  
> 4)Besides refusing to join the Soviet moratorium on nuclear testing
>   Reagan has also refused to join the Soviet moratorium on
>   anti-satellite weapons testing.  The Congress has cutoff funds
>   for any tests against "objects" in space, effectively joining
>   the Soviet moratorium on antisatellite weapons testing despite
>   Reagan's opposition.  Now, however, in a classic style of deceit,
>   the Reagan Administration has announced that the Pentagon will
>   conduct anti-satellite weapons testing against *lightsources*
>   in space.  Since "lightsources" are not "objects" the Reagan
>   administration has announced such tests are not a violation of
>   the Congressional ban on funding.
>  

    In both cases you site above (especially the nuke test moratrium) the
    Soviets, after carrying out there own testing program, called for a test
    moratorium( just before the U.S. program was to begin by chance, of
    course). The Soviet proposal is a simple prapoganda ploy. The time the
    moratorium was suposed to end, probably coincides with the next phase
    of any test they you have planned. No amount of wishfull thinking is going
    to change the fact that the Soviets are NOT inherently peace loving. 
    Something that sounds like it will suprise some of you out there in net
    land. 
    
    
				Steve Anich