abc%brl-bmd@sri-unix.UUCP (12/22/83)
From: BRINT <abc@brl-bmd> It seems to me that intelligent folks like AIList readers should realize that the only reason Japan can fund peaceful and humanitarian research to the exclusion of military projects is that the United States provides the military protection and security guarantees (out of our own pockets) that make this sort of thing possible. (I believe Al Davis said it well in the last Digest.)