U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

[Michael Kalus]

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On 18-Dec-03, at 9:34 PM, James A. Donald wrote:

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> On 18 Dec 2003 at 15:42, Michael Kalus wrote:
>> By January 1984, /The Washington Post/ was reporting that the
>> United States had told friendly nations in the Persian Gulf
>> that the defeat of Iraq would "be contrary to U.S.
>> interests." That sent the message that America would not
>> object to U.S. allies offering military aid to Iraq. Egypt,
>> Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Kuwait sent howitzers, bombs and
>> other weapons to Iraq. And later that year the U.S.
>> government pushed through sales of helicopters to Hussein's
>> government.
>
> This does not resemble in the slightest sending collossal
> amounts of logistic aid to Stalin, or even supplying the
> murderous marxist Mengistu with free cattle trucks to ship the
> peasants to death camps in the course of imposing forced
> collectivisation, yet somehow I never hear the fans of terror
> and slavery complaining about those episodes.
>

Could we move into the current time zone for a moment? Thanks. Now 
re-read what was written there... Got the words? Good, now try to 
understand the meaning of those words, done? Okay. Now try to 
understand the implications of these actions... Getting somewhere now? 
Yes? Perfect.

So maybe now we can start to have a constructive discussion about the 
way the US is saying one thing and doing the other without trying to 
point at someone who is worse.

M.

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