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From: orb@whuts.UUCP (SEVENER)
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Subject: Re: Reagan and arms reductions: re to Albrecht
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Date: Mon, 10-Mar-86 10:39:55 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 10 10:39:55 1986
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This is in response to the offer of Sweden, India, Greece and nations on
five continents to verify Soviet compliance with a moratorium on all
nuclear testing.  :
> 
> So, you see, it's all Ronnie's fault.  Sweden, India and Greece are competent
> to preserve the safety of the people of the United States now I guess.

The people of Sewden, Greece, India and the whole rest of the world
realize full well that if nuclear war occurs they themselves as well
as every other person living on this planet is likely to be *dead*.
For this reason they have a pressing national interest in seeing that
the two superpowers do not destroy the planet in a nuclear holocaust.
Do we have the right to kill every one else on this planet in a nuclear
war? Do the Soviets have the right to kill every one else on this
planet in a nuclear war? I don't think so.  I think all steps
must be taken to prevent nuclear war - and the best way to do that
is to stop the nuclear arms race and then dismantle the doomsday machine
that both sides have constructed in the last 40 years.
Sweden, Greece and many other nations signed the nuclear non-proliferation
pact and agreed to refrain from developing their own nuclear weapons
with the stipulation that the existing nuclear powers would
1)stop all nuclear testing
2)stop their own increases in their nuclear arsenals
3)take steps to *reduce* nuclear weapons
 
These nations are quite irate that the two superpowers have done
*little* to comply with the provisions of the nuclear non-proliferation
pact calling on the superpowers to stop the arms race while they have
dutifully complied with the non-proliferation pact.  The Soviet Union
can at least argue to these nations that *they* have stopped their own
nuclear testing - it is therefore the fault of the US for nuclear
testing to continue among the two superpowers. (unfortunately France
too continues testing and is also increasing her nuclear arsenal)
Unless we take some action to comply with the provisions of the
nuclear non-proliferation pact and take concrete steps to stop nuclear
testing and nuclear weapons production and deployment, those signatories
may come to feel no obligation to adhere to the pact.  And then we
will see the proliferation of nuclear weapons among other nations
both large and small, both stable and unstable.  The dangers of that
should be obvious and scarey.
Is that what you want?
            tim sevener  whuxn!orb