From: "Robert G Lewis" 

Well they were rather busy in Eastern Europe and Afghanistan.

Bob Lewis

"John Beamish"  wrote in
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>I took Gary's point to be that the USSR was a threat to the US and the
> western world.  He said that a freeze would have "locked in the Soviet
> Advantage."  I was pointing out that if their advantage was to have fewer
> missiles, fewer warheads and fewer delivery platforms then this was a
> situation which rational, logical people would not normally call a Soviet
> Advantage.
>
> I don't recall any Soviet invasions in the Caribbean or South America.
> They
> certainly never landed any invading troops in Iraq and their military
> contribution in Viet Nam hardly matched the US's.
>
>
> "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
> news:413b7459$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> The Russians had/have their own similar wars...
>>
>> - Bob Comer
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>>
>> "John Beamish" 
wrote in message
>> news:413b5c55{at}w3.nls.net...
>> > The Soviets had fewer missiles, fewer warheads and fewer delivery
>> > platforms.
>> > It's not often that deficits like that are considered to be an
> advantage.
>> >
>> > It appears that we liberal Canadians were correct:  the Soviets weren't
>> > worth fearing.  America, on the other hand, considering Grenada, Viet
> Nam,
>> > Iraq and Chile, for example, were and are to be feared.
>> >
>> > "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
>> > news:413b4b0f$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> >> And the fact that Kerry was wrong the same way a bunch of liberal
>> > Canadians
>> >> were wrong would be proof of not being wrong?  A nuclear
freeze would
>> >> have
>> >> locked in the Soviet Advantage and taken the pressure off their
> finances
>> >> enough to keep them in power.  Fortunately Reagan
understood about not
>> >> letting go once you have a grip on them.  Just like Zell said about
> Bush
>> >> when comparing to Kerry's mush.
>> >>
>> >> Gary
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
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