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You are not alone in being baffled
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From: Spridgets <spridgets-bounces@autox.team.net> on behalf of Weslake1330=
via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, February 24, 2025 2:43 PM
To: Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Subject: [Spridgets] Past present and future- no LBC
Hi List,
I was born in the early 1960s in a rural part of the country and it seems w=
ithin walking distance of one of many nuclear missile stations here in Engl=
and. It was too soon for ICBMs so America had our friendly assistance in s=
iting short range nuclear missiles in our country and within striking range=
of the USSR - THOR (lots on YouTube and the internet about THOR).
I was at school for the moon landings and only decades later visited the pl=
ace where Neil Armstrong's famous words were first heard. That place was =
not the USA but a British crown territory where the signal was received and=
then sent onto the USA. The place was Ascension Island (at least one good=
fiction book was based on the island...).
I was an enlisted serviceman in the RAF where I saw one of the last b&w pho=
tos of a Russian bear that had been live intercepted by a fighter from my s=
quadron. About the same time I saw a piece of rubbish concrete that arrive=
d in the mail for a member of the squadron - it was a piece of the Berlin w=
all.
The world order changed, the cold war ended and the world seemed a safer pl=
ace and maybe for a while it was. Terrorist attacks continued around the w=
orld and in various countries and still do. So I guess this is the present=
.
The future seems less safe and so I wanted to write this e-mail. My unders=
tanding is that lots of honest (not corrupt) and good countries are a frien=
d of the USA. Also the good countries (think of NATO members as a starting=
point) have the same common enemies as the USA does: Iran, North Korea, Ch=
ina (Peoples Republic of China) and Russia. However I guess Iran and North=
Korea actually hate the USA and would like to nuke it and maybe one day th=
ey will try to, but not bother with England/the UK or Europe or maybe just =
not have enough missiles to try to do so.
The Ukraine has been invaded in part by Russia and the only reason they hav=
en't been totally taken over is because they fought back and had help and s=
upport from the USA and Europe. The Ukraine might be on their last legs bu=
t in a different way so is Russia and they have both paid a hefty price to =
date.
If you think back to my childhood where Europe was a willing buffer to help=
keep the USSR at bay who targeted missiles (now ICBMs and sub delivered) a=
t the USA and Europe - it was a policy that worked.
So what I don't understand is why the USA would now be so friendly to Russi=
a. Call the Ukraine a European problem and you might be right. However, w=
hy be wholly on Russia's side who are propped up by North Korea who have un=
doubtedly gained money and most likely warfare expertise (nuclear and missi=
le technology)? Once Russia have what they want and so does North Korea, i=
s the world a more dangerous place and is the USA less safe from rogue stat=
es than ever before?
Regards
Daniel
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ridgets@autox.team.net><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 24, 2025 2:43 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net><br>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Hi List,
<div><br>
</div>
<div>I was born in the early 1960s in a rural part of the country and it se=
ems within walking distance of one of many nuclear missile stations here in=
England. It was too soon for ICBMs so America had our friendly assis=
tance in siting short range nuclear missiles
in our country and within striking range of the USSR - THOR (lots on YouTu=
be and the internet about THOR).</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>I was at school for the moon landings and only decades later visited t=
he place where Neil Armstrong's famous words were first heard. =
That place was not the USA but a British crown territory where the signal w=
as received and then sent onto the USA. The
place was Ascension Island (at least one good fiction book was based on th=
e island...).</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>I was an enlisted serviceman in the RAF where I saw one of the last b&=
amp;w photos of a Russian bear that had been live intercepted by a fighter =
from my squadron. About the same time I saw a piece of rubbish concre=
te that arrived in the mail for a member
of the squadron - it was a piece of the Berlin wall.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>The world order changed, the cold war ended and the world seemed a saf=
er place and maybe for a while it was. Terrorist attacks continued ar=
ound the world and in various countries and still do. So I guess this=
is the present.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>The future seems less safe and so I wanted to write this e-mail. =
My understanding is that lots of honest (not corrupt) and good countries a=
re a friend of the USA. Also the good countries (think of NATO member=
s as a starting point) have the same common
enemies as the USA does: Iran, North Korea, China (Peoples Republic of Chi=
na) and Russia. However I guess Iran and North Korea actually hate th=
e USA and would like to nuke it and maybe one day they will try to, but not=
bother with England/the UK or Europe
or maybe just not have enough missiles to try to do so.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>The Ukraine has been invaded in part by Russia and the only reason the=
y haven't been totally taken over is because they fought back and had help =
and support from the USA and Europe. The Ukraine might be on their la=
st legs but in a different way so is
Russia and they have both paid a hefty price to date.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>If you think back to my childhood where Europe was a willing buffer to=
help keep the USSR at bay who targeted missiles (now ICBMs and sub deliver=
ed) at the USA and Europe - it was a policy that worked.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>So what I don't understand is why the USA would now be so friendly to =
Russia. Call the Ukraine a European problem and you might be right.&n=
bsp; However, why be wholly on Russia's side who are propped up by North Ko=
rea who have undoubtedly gained money and
most likely warfare expertise (nuclear and missile technology)? Once=
Russia have what they want and so does North Korea, is the world a more da=
ngerous place and is the USA less safe from rogue states than ever before?<=
/div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Regards</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Daniel</div>
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