Re: [OT] I hate being American

From: Jeffrey Turner (jturner_at_localnet.com)
Date: 01/03/05


Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2005 12:43:49 -0500

robert j. kolker wrote:
> Jeffrey Turner wrote:
>
>> Oh please. The US supports terrorism all over the place. The recent
>> coup in Haiti is a prime example. The US spirits an elected president
>> off in the middle of the night and lets loose death squads on the
>> populace.
>
> That is not terrorism. It is blatant interference with Haiti. But the
> Haitians have not been able to get their act together since they
> overthrew the French rule two hundred years ago or thereabouts.
>
> The Carribean is an American lake. Haiti is our dog and we can kick it
> anytime we wish.

You mean if al Qaeda sent armed groups of thugs across Amerika to kill
its political opponents that wouldn't be terrorism? I'm glad you
cleared that up for me.

--Jeff

-- 
It is only those who have neither
fired a shot nor heard the shrieks
and groans of the wounded who cry
aloud for blood, more vengeance, more
desolation.  War is hell.
--William Tecumseh Sherman
In war, there are no unwounded soldiers.
--Jose Narosky
The urge to save humanity is almost
always a false front for the urge to
rule.
--H.L. Mencken


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