IMGpapers 1980–83

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1980–83

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Socialist Challenge No. 219, 29 October 1981 · p. 9 of the scan · 374 words

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REAGAN has spelled it visage a war in Europe in which there change of tactical nuclear VYCHOOLIS ans contrmation org war scenarios will come as no surprise to anti-missile campaigners.

rprising (a little anywa that Reagan has bet sublic. He was just confi stupid ming the words of ex-US admiral Gene La Rocque: 'We will fight the next war in Europe mies are stupid cough to Jer us!

identical to the notions of theatre! which have been touted by Western scenario amounts to this A war WiTh the Union will start on the "central Iront words in Germany.

would attempt to defeat the TO HACECUENCEDUREs This missiles Europe lat Eastern Europe Soviet not an all-our nuclear change between the Sov Union States would his some military sities.

Retaliation nuclear The only thing that's to admit it in - if you dumscenario war strategists over The Soviet - in othe The United States Soviet forces by using coma mone the Western and the Umon-atsell, but United The cruise missiles not e Soviet JS1192 nuclear thus be avoided.

war? would both sides Ukraine, away from the Бос are now stacring Inal war DELUS tion of nuclear weapons "limited' The •Euronean theatre Germany ditto Soviet Union, and prise, surprise parts it. Soviet Union would be against targets in Western CUTORE DUE MOL HERIS CE United States. An all-out exchange would would be the point of such a limited"

be the in hich 'theatre' war ENTERIDE!

tie West of torose this this would mean 'destabilising Eastern Europe — so that some East European coun tries, and perhaps even the could be won Eastern The very fact that such a thing is discussed shows inat ine western powers seriously con- even can rational method for dividing and Tence: The new genera the neutron bomb, cruise and Pershine micstecor all designed to be used in a nuclear war which remains victims in the which Reagan expects a:

Difficult to usce Western Germany would probably be con pletely devastated, Easter probabl large slabs of the Westerr sur- large of the United Kingdom? Euroshima on the way, unless we fight Socialist Challenge 29 October 1981

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