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Leslie, I wasn't meaning to set up a 50/50 formula for the responsibilities for the killings over there. And my choice of terms re: Hank's comment (slaughter, killing, murder, whatever) really was a matter of literary style (i.e. avoiding repetition unless for stress). 'Slaughter' carries implications that one is treating those killed as animals, less than human. 'Murder' is wrongful killing. Killing is killing. So there are subtle differences in connotation, if one wants to press them. But that was not my intent.
What gets to me is that with locked in situations such as the Palestinian/Israeli conflict one either must wait until both get tired of killing each other and quit or until one annihilates the other (history being written by the victors). Either such alternative is particularly sad to watch, given that the U.S. is in the position to alleviate things as Carter did and Clinton was on the way to doing. I was trying to make the point that the propagandists on both sides are really shooting their people in the foot. They should rather be pressing for U.S. intervention to bring peace there. Best, Ed
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