Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Tek) 9/26/83; site tekecs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!zehntel!tektronix!orca!tekecs!danc From: danc@tekecs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: Re: Closed Eyes to the raping of a nation. Message-ID: <4181@tekecs.UUCP> Date: Tue, 27-Nov-84 15:30:14 EST Article-I.D.: tekecs.4181 Posted: Tue Nov 27 15:30:14 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 29-Nov-84 03:33:23 EST Sender: danc@tekecs.UUCP Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR Lines: 41 In a response to my article regarding the Soviet carnage of Afghanistan, Johnathan Corbet writes: >> stuff. Our technique is different -- that's all. We get the Shah >> of Iran to kill thousands (literally!) of his subjects. We get the Death >> Squads to do the dirty work in El Salvador. Morally, we are simply in >> no position to complain. We got the Shah of Iran to kill thousands??? Certainly the Shah did kill thousands, but we had nothing to do with it! Explain to me why on Earth it would have been in our interests to kill thousands of Iranians. Are you so naive to believe that we could compel a leader to kill his own people, or that we would even want to??? Garbage. We were a strategic ally of the Shah of Iran. His internal problems were of his own making. He brought about his own downfall. Don't place the blame on the US for the actions of the Shah, and especially don't use the word "we" because I won't accept that. (After the Ayatolla (forgive my spelling) dies and the thousands (literally!) that he executed are remembered, are you going to blame that on us too?) Please, Please, give me any shread of evidence that suggests that we are involved with the death squads in El Salvador!!! More garbage!!! And when you have come up empty handed, explain to me why we would want to do such thing! Such action by Duarte only serves to alienate him from the people, and we have done everything to discourage him from taking that kind of action. The murder of an innocent is without a doubt the most horrible crime commited by anyone. Don't you dare state that somehow the US is supporting such crimes without giving me specific evidence! Afghanistan: Morally, WE ARE IN A POSITION TO COMPLAIN!!! THE DEATH OF AN INNOCENT MAN, WOMAN, OR CHILD IS NEVER, NEVER JUSTIFIABLE OR DEFENDABLE!! I WILL NOT ACCEPT YOUR POSITION. For you to support such a position, especially on this network, is deplorable, because YOU LEGITIMIZE THE DEATHS OF THOUSANDS. YOU MAKE THE DESTRUCTION OF PEOPLE, AND FAMILIES, AND A NATION MEANINGLESS.