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To: TimF who wrote (12338)	2/16/2006 5:54:12 PM
From: KonKilo	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 543658

...I'm not so sure I would try to become a freedom fighter... If stray bombs killed your infant daughter, then they broke into your house in the dead of night, took your brother away and tortured him, then took your wife into custody hoping that you would turn yourself in for her release, you might reconsider. I'm from Tennessee...just having them breathe our air would be reason enough for me and my good ol boy neighbors. <g>

To: TimF who wrote (12338)	2/16/2006 6:00:13 PM
From: thames_sider	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543658

The only good examples of such I can think of are the Lithuanian SS battalions and the Croatian pro-Nazi fighters (Ustase?), who happily fought against their former dictators, and possibly the Vichy French and Quisling... not really great company to have. Even the Italians (save the Stalinist/Communists) fought to defend Mussolini, because he was theirs... I can't off-hand think of any respectable group that has welcomed the foreign removal of a home-grown leader, except as an extremely short-term step to garnering their own power. The nearest I can come is the unpleasant supporters of the Shah of Iran, our replacement for ? Mossadeq (was he democratically elected??), and we know how and why THAT ended.