larry@grkermit.UUCP (Larry Kolodney) (07/13/83)
I heard on the news today that the Reagan Administration has decided to allow the sale of Nuclear technology to China, even though they have not signed the Nuclear Noproliferation Treaty. Now what I don't understand is this: The Reagan Administration claims that the Soviet Union is our enemy because they abuse human rights and because their Communist philosphy is to take over the world. Thus, we can't trust the Russians, and of course we would NEVER sell them nuclear technology. China, on the other hand, abuses human rights, and subscribes to a philosphy which is actually closer to "International Communism than Russia's version. The ONLY reason we help the Chinese is that they are the ENEMIES of the Soviet Union. Yet they have all of the bad qualities that we claim the Soviets do. WE ARE SPENDING UNTOLD BILLIONS EVERY YEAR TO SUPPORT AN ARMS RACE AGAINST A COUNTRY THAT IS VERY SIMILAR TO A COUNTRY THAT WE HAVE SHOWN WE ARE ABLE TO COOPERATE WITH. WHY? WHY? WHY? Of course the answer is that all of the people who get those billions of dollars in defense spending have a strong vested interest in keeping things exactly the way they are. And as long as pinheads like Reagan can get elected in this country, (not to mention pinheads like Mondale, Glenn, etc.), its going to remain that way, and we are all going to kiss our asses goodbye. -- Larry Kolodney #13 (I try harder) (USENET) decvax!genrad!grkermit!larry allegra!linus!genrad!grkermit!larry harpo!eagle!mit-vax!grkermit!larry (ARPA) rms.g.lkk@mit-ai