"John D. Giorgis" wrote:
> Governments that support terrorism are not legitimate governments, and
> therfore they forfeit the ordinary rights of governments.
Are you seriously suggesting that the United States does not have a legitimate
government?
The current administration was elected in accordance with the constitution, by a
public who were aware, or reasonably should have been aware, that their
government was supplying arms, training and logistic support to dissidents and
insurgents in hot spots all over the world.
Even Libya, whose government is a despicable sham, and whose government put
supporting terrorism on top of its agenda for many years, is still widely seen as
a legitimate government. For that matter, there are governments recognised by the
US that didn't just support terrorism but used terrorism to get there - Nelson
Mandela and Arafat were both terrorists in their youth. George Speight was a
terrorist only last year, but is now a member of the recognised parliament of
Fiji.
(Just to clarify my position, as my last couple of posts have suggested the CIA
has done the wrong thing over the last 50 years, I don't think the US carries
blame for last week, and I think if the Taliban don't hand over Bin Laden, then
he should be forcibly removed, one way or another. There is more evidence than
would be required for an arrest in the US, even for the other atrocities he is
linked with)
Russell C.
PS Bring back the OSS ! - more results for less money than the CIA ever
managed...
