Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.7.0.10 $; site uiucdcs Path: utzoo!lsuc!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!renner From: renner@uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: One for our side Message-ID: <29200245@uiucdcs> Date: Thu, 7-Nov-85 17:44:00 EST Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.29200245 Posted: Thu Nov 7 17:44:00 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 9-Nov-85 07:26:07 EST References: <1587@uwmacc.UUCP> Lines: 19 Nf-ID: #R:uwmacc.UUCP:-158700:uiucdcs:29200245:000:863 Nf-From: uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU!renner Nov 7 16:44:00 1985 > T.C., T.C., the Afghans are *squatters*! When the Soviets began > using Afghanistan as a target range there WERE NO AFGHANS IN AFGHANISTAN! > These Afghans have no title to their land, therefore they have > no legal *right to be there*! > At least get the story straight before condemning the Soviets! > -- Tim Sevener (orb@whuts) What *are* you talking about? There have been people living in Afghanistan for a very long time. Of course, the Soviets have managed to kill and uproot more than 25% of them, but that's irrelevant. The Navy finds an uninhabited island, decides to use it for a target range, and *then* other people decide to live there -- and when the Navy wants them out, Tim compares this to the Soviet extermination policy in Afghanistan. I really wish I understood how the man's mind works. Scott Renner {ihnp4,pur-ee}!uiucdcs!renner