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From: piet@mcvax.UUCP (Piet Beertema)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: US vs Nicaragua, international law
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Date: Tue, 10-Apr-84 12:52:23 EST
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Posted: Tue Apr 10 12:52:23 1984
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Whereas all civilized countries recognize the International Court the
USA does not. The conclusion is obvious.

Apart from that the USA, by deploying those mines (see the parallels
with Vietnam?) - or having them deployed, that's the same - threatens
the trade of its allies, just because they don't want them to trade
with a country that happens to have a political system not conforming
their own. If someone else would do this to the USA they would call it
"terrorism". Should it be called different now? Of course not.

A solution? Wait till the USA are condemned by the International Court
(which most likely will happen). Then the NATO (minus the USA) could
send a task force to remove those mines, thus reestablishing freedom
of trade.
-- 
	Piet Beertema, CWI, Amsterdam
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