On Mon, 16 Sep 1996, Steve Schear wrote:
Someone wrote:
The problem is that assasination rarely leads to the installation of a government that is any better. In most cases it gets worse.
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We've all heard these arguments, but are they true? Who says so, and how can they be certain? Jim's suggestion has never, to my knowledge, been tried on a consistant, large, scale. When all conventional alternatives have been tried and fail, what have we or the starving children got to lose?
I think "Lord of the Flies" answers this question quite well.
Does it? LOTF was fiction. Can you identify a recent instance in which a non-governmental organization attempted to influence political/military events via a concerted AP?
Is it legal for citizens of the U.S. to engage in contract killing of foreign military, politations, etc? How about U.S. or foreign non-profits?
As to the first, yes. (There are several anti-mercenary statutes on the books) As to the second, I don't understand the question.
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