Aucbvax.1498
fa.arms-d
utzoo!duke!decvax!ucbvax!JSLove.PDO@MIT-Multics
Tue Jun 2 23:23:03 1981
Re: The Russians might really want some arms control
Don't take my word for it, which is third hand. Ask your local ROTC
types or any other good friend with a security clearance to find out
what the evidence is for Russian treaty violations, particularly with
respect to Arms Control, but you may find their record elsewhere quite
instructive. Ask someone who lives in another, more or less friendly
country (say, England, France or Germany) what OUR record is like. Read
a foreign newspaper.
DON'T look in American History books. The Revisionists and Apologists
have done things to History as it is taught in our high schools that
would make the Creationists proud. College history courses MAY be
better, but caveat auditor (sic).
In case you hadn't figured this out, I disagree. There are two ways of
looking at arms control: make the world safer, or conquer the world
cheaper. If you can get the enemy to cut his own throat, for a very
modest expenditure in diplomatic expenses and press releases, it beats
building bombs, which is very expensive.
People whose opinion I trust tell me that that is a fair description of
SALT II. As such, I can see why they wouldn't want the U.S. to ratify
it. However, I don't know that firsthand. What I do know is that the
Law of the Sea and the (popularly called) "Moon Treaty" were EXACTLY
like that, and I am DELIGHTED that these treaties are not likely to be
ratified.
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