a "just war"?

[calbert at hslboxmaster.com]

Date sent:      	Thu, 29 Nov 2001 17:06:28 +0100
From:           	Arne Herløv Petersen <herlahp at inet.uni2.dk>
Send reply to:  	herlahp at inet.uni2.dk
To:             	pynchon-l at waste.org
Subject:        	Re: a "just war"?

> c
> > iv) the hijacking of 4 civilian airliners for the purpose of turning
> > them into fuel bombs, at least half of which are AGAIN directed at
> > the target chosen in example i,  with a resulting death toll
> > MIRACULOUSLY held down to FIVE THOUSAND CIVILIANS......
> > 
> 
> 
> So, 5,000 Americans - or 3,000 or whatever the latest figure is - out
> of 250 millions. That corresponds to 100 or 60 Danes out of 5
> millions. That could easily happen if a boat or a plane were hijacked."

and the national response to such an event would be?


> Or 100/60 Nicaraguans. Or 220/125 Guatemalans out of 11 millions.
> 
> Now do you have any idea how many Nicaraguans and Guatemalans were
> killed by terrorists trained in the US, armed by the US and paid with
> American money?

Why is it that you assume that I wouldn't? Why would you assume 
that I wasn't condemning those actions while they were occurring? 
Are you aware, that as a government, the PEOPLE of the US tried 
to investigate and prosecute those who were running an illegal 
foreign policy? THat but for a quiet constitutional "privilege" 
(pardons), Poppy MIGHT be doing time........

> 
> The fact that these terrorist acts were not confined to one moment of
> hellish destruction, but continued for years didn't make them any less
> abominable.

and that is why I have NO SYMPATHY for those who carried on 
OR promoted such a policy. Nothing would please me more than to 
know that Poindexter, Ollie North and their fellow swine were 
rotting away in a Costa Rican prison........

and there will be some justice........Otto Reich, considered a shoo-
in but a mere few months ago, WILL be spiked by the Senate for 
his involvement in matters spurious.....too bad we could't have done 
the same to Eliott Abrams and others....

oh, and I have "cred" in this regard... My letter of outrage to the 
Wall Street Journal led off the page one day some years 
ago......So appealing was my condemnation that my missive took 
top billing over (what I considered to be a far more useful note) one 
from the former Ambassador to El Salvador........

love,
cfa