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Politics : Clinton's Scandals: Is this corruption the worst ever? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: RJC2006 who wrote (2961)	8/24/1998 9:22:00 PM
From: Doughboy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13994

<<However, let's get this settled once and for all. I really don't give a rat's rear end about the people of Sudan. There are a whole lot of other people that I feel the same way about. Namely Iraqis, Libyans and a few other anti-American governments and their people. I sort of don't care much for the French either.>> Your true colors are showing, Bob. For someone who is so proud of his knowledge of the minutiae of US history, how can you be so apparently ignorant about foreign affairs? There is no justification for your lumping Sudanese in with the Iraqis and the Libyans. Sudan does not support terrorism; in fact it is a relatively friendly country to the United States in an extremely unstable region. Unlike Iraq and Libya, Sudan has no money whatsoever, their people are starving from ongoing civil war. They "harbor" bin Laden in the same way that the US "harbors" Tim McVeigh, the KKK, and other right wing terrorists. There is very little justification for the killing of innocent Sudanese with Cruise missiles. Doughboy.

To: RJC2006 who wrote (2961)	8/24/1998 10:56:00 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 13994

let's get this settled once and for all. I really don't give a rat's rear end about the people of Sudan. I guess that separates us pretty definitively. I happen to believe in what Bonhoeffer wrote during WWII. But I guess you wouldn't have given a rat's rear end about all those Polish Jews being slaughtered either, would you?

To: RJC2006 who wrote (2961)	8/25/1998 9:23:00 AM
From: j_b	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 13994

<< If the Sudanese people don't like innocent people being killed then I suggest that they look at why those people are dying and get up the backbone to do something about it whether it be for us or against us.>> The problem I have with this is one of definitions - one man's terrorism is another man's freedom fighter. Using your logic, the Sudanese would be perfectly justified in using chemical or biological warfare to destroy Los Angeles (good riddance!) because of the "terrorist" acts of our government. Many other nations, especially those you talk about in your posts, consider the U.S. to be a terrorist nation. I think you are saying that, since we are bigger and more powerful, they should shut up and sit down. Might does not make right. The problem with terrorism, is that it is not one country against another, but one person (or a relatively small group of people) against a nation. In effect, it is guerilla warfare, a fight that is very difficult for the U.S. to win, as we found in Vietnam. I don't disagree with the general concept of going after the terrorists with everything we have, but we need to make sure we are on the moral high ground, and have picked the right targets. Otherwise, it will be the U.S. against the whole world, a fight we can't possibly win, especially with the current state of our military.