CDR: Re: NZ: Sweeping powers for spy agencies

[Jim Choate]

On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, James A, Donald wrote:

> The major objective of the intervention was to arrest Aidid, who whatever 
> his sins may have been, was a hero of the revolutionary war against a 
> Soviet aligned tyrant, and the major figure in the revolution that 
> overthrew socialist tyranny in Somalia.

Bullshit. He was a petty war-lord who would have promised anything to
anyone who would then sell him the tools he needed to continue his killing
of his opponents.

Whether the glass is half full or half empty isn't the issue. It's that
it's all the water there is.

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