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At 07:12 PM 5/18/99 -0400, Dan Geer wrote:
> Let us eliminate the impossible so that the remainder,
>however improbable, is true. (1) If the NYT has it, then it
>cannot be news to the victims (2) If it is not news to the
>victims, then it cannot be news to
> at least some of their governments
>(3) If it is not news to their governments, then governments
> must have a reason for tolerance
>(4) If there is a reason for tolerance that appears
>irrational,
> then there be either hidden paybacks or blackmail;
This is excessively conspiratorial. The west does not work
like that. It more like the three hundred and twentieth diet
failure.
The US officials planning the deal did not consciously know
they were lying. The European offiicials that accepted the
deal did not consciously know they were being lied to. People
with that kind of hostile and cynical attitude do not get
appointed to those kind of jobs.
When everyone discovered that everyone was lying, nobody
wanted to mention it because that would constitute being a
trouble maker and rocking the boat.
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James A. Donald
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