"J. van Baardwijk" wrote: > > Considering the fact that your country kept its > > representative government only because the US was > > willing to put NY and Washington on the line to > > protect it,
> Huh? That requires some explanation. During the Cold War, the US promised to defend western Europe as if it were its own soil, which meant using its nuclear missiles on the Soviet Union if it ever attempted to invade western Europe. If we fired our missiles, then the immediate result would be Soviet nukes flying over to destroy our cities, including New York and Washington. ______________________________________________________________________ Steve Sloan ......... Huntsville, Alabama =========> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brin-L list pages ....................... http://www.sloan3d.com/brinl Chmeee's 3D Objects .................... http://www.sloan3d.com/chmeee 3D and Drawing Galleries .................. http://www.sloansteady.com Software ................ Science Fiction, Science, and Computer Links Science fiction scans ......................... http://www.sloan3d.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
