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Subject: War caused by misunderstanding?
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Date: Sun, 21-Sep-86 15:37:06 EDT
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  Well, if you count misunderstanding whether you will win or not as a
war being caused by misunderstanding, then all such wars are caused at
some level by misunderstanding.  No government will get involved in a
war that it thinks it will lose.  But I don't think that's the issue.
  One commonly hears that if only nations were to communicate better,
and understand their differences, that wars would never occur.  I
don't think that is true.  I think we understand quite well the nature
of communism.  No additional understanding of the communists will make
communism any less repugnant.  No additional understanding OF us BY
them will cause them to change their policies.
                                                              ...Keith

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