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against the Syrian's advanced
Soviet-made SAM missiles and
top-of-the-line T-72 tanks in the
recent confl ict in Lebanon.
We are indeed living in a time
foretold nearly 2,700 years ago by
the Hebrew propbet Joel. A time
when the nations would be prepar–
ing for war and even the weak
nations would say, " 1 am strong"
(Joel
3:9-1
O).
Whe re We Are Headed
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n their strategy to use nuclear
weapons to guard against new Hit-
6
lers, both the United States and tbe
Soviet Union failed to understand
the consequences. The presumed
unthinkability of nuclear war,
along with the entry of other, more
aggressive, less ideologically in–
clined arms merchants, made scat–
tered
conventional wars
both more
preferable and probable.
Like so many Frankenstein mon–
sters gone out of control, these
well-armed Soviet and American
clients have on numerous occasions
nearly brought the two superpow–
ers to blows. Dangerous precedents
in the Middle East and the South
Atlantic have been set which the
nations must now ponder.
The eminent British historian
A.J.P. Taylor puts it this way: ..In
the old days the deterrent [conven–
tional arms] worked nine times out
of ten. Now presumably it [nuclear
arms] will work ninety-nine times
out of a hundred. But if past expe–
rience is any guide ... the hun–
dredth occasion will come" (lntro–
duction,
How Wars Begin,
Athen–
eum: New York,
1979,
page
16).
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WORLD MIUTARY EXPENDITURES
BIWONS OF U.S. DOLLARS (CONSTANT '78)
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DEVELOPING
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The PLAIN TRUTH