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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK
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To: pezz who wrote (1410)9/1/1998 11:32:00 PM
From: LesX  Read Replies (4) of 67261
 
pezz,

When I was in college I had the immense fortune to attend a lecture by Dr. Henry Kissinger.

He said many profound things but one that stuck in my mind was in reference to my future upon graduation.

He said: "There are things out there in the world that may short circuit your plans". He was referring to the immense nuclear arsenals of the world.

At the time it was very sobering and I didn't care to hear it because he only validated my awareness of nuclear annihilation. Speaking such words to 22 year olds was both unfair AND necessary.

Unfair because we were so young and our future so bright.

Necessary because we were so young and our future so bright.

With Russia's decaying economy and limited exportable products she has little more to offer our world AND her people than the leverage of the nuclear genie.

With rising nationalism and the threat of a rising demagogic right wing it is IMPERATIVE that we help Russia continue on its venture into capitalism.

Would it not be worth $1000 per capita as insurance against not seeing your family fry? That's about $250B of money and brains.
(BTW: I am not advocating extortion on Russia's part).

As negative as the media is on his Russian visit, I applaud Clinton for at least making an attempt to continue the dialogue with this country so important to mankind's survival.

The cold war is NOT over, its just hibernating.

While its sleeping we need to kill it - once and for all.

LesX
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