> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of J. van Baardwijk
> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 12:42 PM
> To: Brin-L
> Subject: RE: topple Hussein
> 
> 
> At 14:18 18-2-02 -0800, Jeffrey Miller wrote:
> 
> > > >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.
> 
> They were fighting against the democratically elected Sandinista 
> government. That makes the Contras terrorists.

But Jeroen, Terrorists are evil, and we're (USA) agin 'em!

(I was aiming at sarcasm before, sorry)

-j-

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