At 01:36 PM 5/25/01 +0200 J. van Baardwijk wrote:
>>Grenada was the first country that
>>endured a communist takeover to be liberated since WWII.
>
>Funny thing, that. When the Soviets invaded a country, it was called
>"communist aggression" and "takeover", but when the US invaded a country,
>that very same aggressive act was all of a sudden called "liberation"...
"Liberation" - The act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
"Liberate" - To set free, as from oppression, confinement, or foreign
control.
Given that the invasions of the USSR imposed opression, confinement, *and*
foreign control.
Also given that the invasions of the USA resulted in the liberty and
freedom for the inhabitants - most importantly, the freedom to kick the
United States out (as France and the Philippines both did.)
I'd say that the reason for this, quote, "funny thing" is that *that* is
exactly what those words mean! Do you care to disagree?
JDG
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