> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of J. van Baardwijk
> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 12:45 PM
> To: Brin-L
> Subject: RE: topple Hussein
>
>
> At 07:05 19-2-02 +1100, Brett Coster wrote:
>
> > > Why on earth do you think that a government that has, in
> the past,
> > > killed hundreds, if not thousands, of civilians around
> the world in
> > > terrorist acts will somehow decide that it's time to be nice?
> >
> >I'm confused again. If I was to follow my old E>V>I>L ways I'd ask
> >which government are we talking about (I'm confused again by
> all this
> >moral stuff). Can't be El Salvador's Contras because Ollie
> didn't give
> >them anything.
>
> Nitpick: the Contras were US-supported terrorists fighting against
> Nicaragua, not against El Salvador.
No they weren't, they were freedom fighters.
-j-
