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From: tan@ihlpg.UUCP (Bill Tanenbaum)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Goodbye
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Date: Fri, 14-Mar-86 18:43:47 EST
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> [Tom Keller]
>    We *ARE* directly supporting terrorism in many places around the globe.  It
> makes no difference what govenrment is currently in power in these places, to
> support groups like th Contras or Savimbe's guerillas is to support terrorism.
> I do not necessarily support the Sandinista regime, nor the current government
> of Angola.  I also do not support the campaign of terrorism against them that
> is currently being waged **BY THE UNITED STATES**.
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A question for Tom Keller, Tim Sevener, et. al.:
Do you feel that to support the Afghan Guerillas is to support terrorism?
If not, why not?  Why are the Contras and Savimbi terrorists and the
Afghans not terrorists?
	Remember, terrorism is a TACTIC, and has nothing to do with
the justification of the underlying cause.  How do the ACTIONS of
Savimbi differ from those of the Afghan Guerillas.  The relative
legitimacy of the Angolan and Afghan Governments has a great bearing
on whether we should support the respective guerillas, but no bearing on whether
or not the guerilla actions are terrorism.
	Terrorism ala Keller/Sevener:  Any action which results in
the deaths of innocent people taken on behalf of a cause with which
Keller/Sevener is out of sympathy.
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Bill Tanenbaum - AT&T Bell Labs - Naperville IL  ihnp4!ihlpg!tan