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<DIV>Andrea,</DIV>
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<DIV>Mc Arthur igniting nuclear war? Speculation. Reality:
Democrat Roosevelt caved at Yalta and accommodated the Soviets. </DIV>
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<DIV>Kissinger and McNamara initiated Vietnam? Sorry Hon, our involvement
there preceded those two. Also, if you'll recall, it was a democrat,
Johnson, who ratcheted up that conflict.</DIV>
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<DIV>Yes, we found ourselves drawn into a costly arms race with the
Soviets. We won because they could not compete with our production.
And interestingly, it was not offensive systems which ultimately broke the
bear's back, but the defensive Strategic Defense Initiative or "missile shield"
which precipitated Russia's capitulation.</DIV>
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<DIV>I am heartened to hear that you recognize the moral and economic bankruptcy
that is Marxism. But you err when you say that the arms race was
irrelevant in '69 because enough weapons already existed to mutually ensure
destruction. That's where S.D.I. became a factor. The Soviets knew
they faced yet another race, this one to produce a system of a DEFENSIVE
nature. They weren't up to the task due to the inherent flaws in their
system which you acknowledged.</DIV>
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<DIV>You say the Soviet Union was always a paper tiger and no matter who entered
the oval office in '80, it would have imploded. Amazing. Tell it to
the tens of MILLIONS of peasants starved to death by Stalin. Doubt they
would share you view of the Soviets as harmless. Fact is that the liberal
community was sympathetic to, and in bed with, the communist movement then as
well as now. Your sorry attempt to rewrite history notwithstanding.
For an accurate tale of liberals and their involvement with the communists in
the fifties and sixties, I recommend you read David Horowitz's Radical
Son.</DIV>
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<DIV>More on the torture question
later, --Tony</DIV>
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