From: "Adam Flinton" 


"Geo."  wrote in message
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adam{at}NOSPAMsoftfab.com> wrote in message
> news:3e1167bc{at}w3.nls.net...
> > Was the SU "evil" as a country/system or is any country
which threatens
> the
> > USA "evil"?
>
> They were viewed as evil here, however seeing how we made it thru the cold
> war without blowing each other up that was probably an incorrect view.
>

Nah it was just a balance of terror on a global scale. Todays
"Terror" has nothing on the US/USSR global tripwire policy.

> > i.e. there are many regimes (e.g. Burmese) which are arguably just as
> "evil"
> > as any you've mentioned but aren't a threat & thus aren't (it would
seem)
> > "evil". I.e. there is no real "morality" at
work simply threat & fear.
>
> I tend to think blowing up nightclubs full of civilians and crashing
planes
> full if civilians into occupied civilian office buildings is pretty evil..
> You of course are free to form your own opinions on those..
>

I tend to think off loading large quantities of high explosive onto
civilian housing is at least as bad e.g. "Rolling Thunder"...

However I don't tend to make moral judgements in that way. I prefer to view
things more in terms of threat (capability + willingness).

Adam

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