<<Come on, jbe>>
Abdul Haq, I am confused by your confusion. You quote from a sentence in my post to Doug (I add the second sentence of the paragraph, for clarity's sake).
Now, I personally do not know how many spies for "friendly countries" we have found, tried, and sentenced. I don't even know what countries they spied for -- but,with the exception of Pollard, I think we can say it was not for Israel, or else we would be hearing about that.
Then you ask this question:
But you do know who Pollard was spying against, right?
Of course. Like all the other spies for so-called "friendly countries," he was spying against the United States. That is assumed. So why do you ask ??
Then you add:
I am real confused by your attitude on this.
What attitude? I have no "attitude" on this. I am setting the scene for a question to doug, who, as you may have noticed, is opposed to commuting Pollard's life sentence (indeed, would prefer to see him executed).
I then point out that the other spies, reportedly, have served much shorter sentences than Pollard already has (13 years). I then ask doug (who is a lawyer, after all) what the justification would be for keeping a spy for Israel in prison longer than a spy for another country.
A perfectly logical question (to which I received a perfectly logical answer, by the way).
What's not to understand??
Either you are not reading carefully enough (sorry, no offense), or you think that every utterance of everyone, even a simple question, reveals an "attitude."
As a matter of fact, judging from a post you made to Borzou, I get the impression that you think everyone ought to have a "clear firm position" on everything.
If so, I will have to tell you that, where most matters of public policy, foreign affairs, etc., are concerned, I have no final, firm position, because I don't feel I know enough about them. It is impossible to have a fully informed opinion on everything. That requires research, analyzing all the arguments, listening to all sides of the issue, weighing the pros and cons, and only then reaching a conclusion. So I try to suspend judgment till I know more..
I try not to go off half-cocked with a half-baked opinion, although that can happen sometimes... :-) And being some sort of dittohead and parroting someone else's opinion is definitely not my bag.
Well, did I cover all the bases? <gg>
jbe
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