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Very well said !!!
                     Clive
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From: <gerry_smith@scotamb.co.uk>
To: <trauma-list@trauma.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 4:57 PM
Subject: Re[2]: United States FY 2003 Omnibus Appropriations Bill


>      Dear All,
>
>      What a shock I thought this was a trauma list! However as we have
>      started here we go. The problem with Iraq and the lack of credibility
>      any action by a so called allied force has is simple, the U.N. has so
>      far been unable to find an out of date aspirin let alone any form
>      chemical, biological or nuclear weapon,
>      The basis for this conflict is two fold one Daddy Bush made a mess of
>      it in the 80's so Jnr now feels he has to fix it, equally Oil is the
>      other major factor, are we really saying that the petrol in your car
is
>      worth a war?
>      As regards the West our proud stand against terrorism appears
somewhat
>      farcical when it has been supported either openly or otherwise by
most
>      Countries including the USA remember March 17th in New York was a
great
>      day for the IRA collecting cans when money to support the bombing of
>      civilians in Belfast, Ohmagh, Manchester and London was collected for
>      "the Cause"
>      GFS
>
>
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> Subject: Re: United States FY 2003 Omnibus Appropriations Bill
> Author:  <trauma-list@trauma.org> at INTERNET-MAIL
> Date:    25/02/2003 13:29
>
>
> In fact, our record has been much worse for TOLERATING and kissing up to
> despots showing our hypocritical nature--petty or otherwise (though I fail
> to see the distinction here in this adjective)--such as the Shah of Iran,
> Pinochet, Papa Doc Duvalier, Marcos of the Philippines, Diem of Vietnam,
> Battista in Cuba, etc etc etc
> > ERF
>
> We did a lot more than tolerate the Shah, Pinochet, Papa Doc Duvalier,
> Marcos, Diem, Batista, Hussein etc. The US in fact installed all of the
> above despots and provided them the essential support they needed to stay
in
> power despite their complete lack of a domestic political base.
>
>
>
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