rfs@loral.UUCP () (01/09/85)
Who cares about the arms race? I was born in 1947 and we had the bomb. Since 1953 both the Soviets and the US have had the bomb. No one has ever pushed the button. When I was going to school we had weekly air raid drills and all students had to get under their chairs. Both countries have had ICBM missles since 1957 on land and sea. No one has pushed the button yet. The Soviets will never attack us unless we attack them first. Look at their history. They're bassically cowards. Before world war II they attacked small helpless countries on their borders (i.e Poland in 1939 (along with hitler)). Since WW II they've attacked only helpless countries DIRECTLY on their borders (Hungary, Checz, Afganastan and threatened Poland). If you think about it they've never gone beyond their borders. The US on the other hand goes acrossed oceans and attacks another country. We have guts. Sometimes more guts than brains. We should'nt worry about the Soviets as long as we don't bother their MOTHERLAND. The arms race is good for peace. We make something then the Soviets make it too. We have more money than they do. If we keep this up they will go BANKRUPT and we win. Why do you think they're in Geneva this week for arms talk. Their losing the arms race. Especially in space. The're running out of BUCKS. What they want is a rest so they can catch up. We were stupid once and gave them the SALT I treaty. We stopped and they caught up (took ten years). We ought to keep up the pressure and crank out those new weapon systems. In two to three years the Soviets will be BUSTED. Then we can give them high intrest loans, sell them blue geans, Chevys, stereos, and other sorts of goodies. Hey the Chinese learned their lesson. They came around.