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To: arun gera who wrote (34659)	5/11/2008 12:13:28 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217734

Just like a murder/robbery is considered a major crime, but no one is held accountable for 100,000 killed in a made up war that is not ending. Yes, but, interestingly, ALL gov'ts and probably all cultures consider homicide in war to be no crime under most conditions. In fact, it can be a laudable act worthy of recognition. If JFK had been killed by one of the counter-attempts by Castro caused by attempts by the CIA to kill Castro, a US declaration of war likely would have followed and been honored by other nations. Yet WW1 was set off by the assassination of the crown prince of the Austria-Hungarian Empire in Serbia and there is evidence that the gov't of Serbia was involved or at least knew of this attempt. Yet most other European powers (most of them monarchies of one sort or another) pretended outrage at Austria and declared war on it when it declared war on Serbia.

To: arun gera who wrote (34659)	9/18/2008 5:14:51 PM
From: elmatador	1 Recommendation Respond to of 217734

Brazil's Lula Mocks Wall Street's `Super Intelligent,'watched with ``sadness'' the collapse of Wall Street firms that made economic policy recommendations in emerging markets ``as if they were the super intelligent and we were the poor souls,'' ``Important banks -- very important banks -- that spent their lives giving advice about Brazil and what we should or shouldn't do are now broke,'' EFE quoted Lula as saying in a speech in southern Brazil. . Lula criticized Wall Street firms for treating financial markets like a ``casino'' and for relying on ``speculation'' to make money. He said the Brazilian economy is well-equipped to weather the global crisis and would suffer ``very little'' even if the U.S. sinks into a deep recession, according to EFE. bloomberg.com Sept. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said he's watched with ``sadness'' the collapse of Wall Street firms that made economic policy recommendations in emerging markets ``as if they were the super intelligent and we were the poor souls,'' news agency EFE reported. ``Important banks -- very important banks -- that spent their lives giving advice about Brazil and what we should or shouldn't do are now broke,'' EFE quoted Lula as saying in a speech in southern Brazil. Lula criticized Wall Street firms for treating financial markets like a ``casino'' and for relying on ``speculation'' to make money. He said the Brazilian economy is well-equipped to weather the global crisis and would suffer ``very little'' even if the U.S. sinks into a deep recession, according to EFE. To contact the reporter on this story: Adriana Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro at abrasileiro@bloomberg.net