danc@tekecs.UUCP (Daniel Cobb) (09/07/83)
But give them (the Russians) a hundred years to emerge from the depotism of centuries and maybe they will be (good guys) as well. Martin, that is the very thinking our government has entertained for the last 20 years. In 1963 the US clearly dominated (contained) the Soviet Union with our conventional and especially nuclear weapons arsenal. We allowed the Soviet Union to gain general parity across the board and even pass us in some areas, because we felt they had their aggressive, barbaric nature would somehow be stilled when they realized that the world was not interested in invading their homeland, as has happened so many times in the past. Well 20 years have passed and we have negotiated ourselves into increasing strategic vulnerability, both here and in Europe. The Russians still like killing their neighbors and the world has become a more dangerous place to live. In short, they have not learned to join humanity in peaceful co-existence, but rather that aggression pays off. And millions of lives have been lost while they have been in class. If any prize could be given to any one nation for being responsible for the largest number of deaths, the Russian Government would receive it. THE WORLD DOES NOT HAVE 100 YEARS TO GIVE THE RUSSIANS.