Gilbert Lawrence wrote:
> To add another humorous note, yesterday I was talking to a Republican
> middle-age White man, who asked me about the prisoner-release from
> China. I replied, "I was not up-to-date on the news," knowing only about
> the American prisoners in Iran and North Korea. He reiterated about the
> prisoners in China, whom President Clinton help release. (The same Prez
> Clinton whom Republicans hate). I said, "that was North Korea". The guy
> replied, "Oh it is same as China."
Doc,
To give you another example on how far the US has fallen, take into
consideration
the following:
The two US journalist captured in Korea were given a trial by the Koreans in
which
the US journalists admitted to entering and being in Korea illegally. They were
then
sentenced to prison. As an act of clemency and goodwill, the communists
released
the US convicts so that they could return to their home country and loved ones.
In the US today, we have the situation where the US Govt imprisons pre-teens
and
teenagers captured in OTHER countries and holds them for years without charges
or
a trail. Oh yes, before I forget, the US govt also admits to torturing these
captives.
Mervyn1650Lobo
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