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To: nuke44 who wrote (1341)	4/3/1999 6:54:00 PM
From: James R. Barrett	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

>>"But if a trial will make you happy, why don't we conduct one here? Were tens of thousands of Muslim and Croat (now Kosovar) civilian non-combatants killed by Serb forces in systematic executions of entire towns? Yes. Was the reason the Serbs killed them because of their ethnic origins? Yes. Is that genocide? Yes. Were these murders condoned or promoted by the government of Serbia? Yes. Is Slobadan Milosevic in charge of the Serbian government and as such responsible for it's actions? Yes. Is he guilty of war crimes? Yes. Should he be executed for his crimes? Yes. There you go. Milosevic has been tried and found guilty in the court of truth."<< xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx And on the flip side of the coin we have; But if a trial will make you happy, why don't we conduct one here? Were tens of thousands of Apache and Sioux (now Native Americans) civilian non-combatants killed by U.S. Cavalry forces in systematic executions of entire villages? Yes. Was the reason the U.S. Cavalry killed them because of their ethnic origins? Yes. Is that genocide? Yes. Were these murders condoned or promoted by the government of the United States? Yes. Is Ulysses S. Grant in charge of the United States government and as such responsible for it's actions? Yes. Is he guilty of war crimes? Yes. Should he be executed for his crimes? Yes. There you go. Ulysses S. Grant has been tried and found guilty in the court of truth. Gee, I wonder why Grant is viewed as a national hero by most Americans? Jim