In the past, the more enlightened of us could comfort ourselves with the thought that poverty and social repression produce malcontents and terrorists. Unfulfilled aspirations of statehood were also considered as contributing factors. Even then, though, this was not entirely true. While the rank and file of guerrilla movements might come from economically or socially deprived sections of the society they rebelled against, their leaders and financiers were invariably educated, well-off citizens, if not of the same society, then of some other.…
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26 - Aaman
what's the symbolism of the billy goats?
27 - Nancy
I would venture to guess they represent 3 different ideas, & the last one shreds the troll, i.e. the ideas outsmart and/or overcome the troll.
28 - Mihos
Good question. I often wonder that myself. I also wonder why he was reading a story from Norway to innercity African American children. Reminds me of the records of the Oslo Accords.Perhaps the goats are the coalition of the willing/
29 - valery dawe
Aaman wrote:
>'Civilized' states like the West, and India, have an effective covert action capability, but do not deploy it effectively for fear of public reprisal.<
Unless I'm not clear on what you're getting at, I'd say that the United States has no fear whatsoever of public reprisals in deploying either covert or overt action. Using the mining of Managua harbor in the 80s as an example, when found guilty of violating international law by the World Court, the US responded by withdrawing its regcognition of the court.
That move didn't show much concern about reprisals.
30 - valery dawe
>>Valery meant to imply that the western nations are not civilized.<<
Wrong on that count, Dave.
>>Valery is a troll. It's better to just ignore trolls and hope they go away.<<
Another example of Dave Nalle wasting space.
31 - Dave Nalle
It's not the international political repercussions which are a problem, but the ones within the US. First off, we made foreign assassination illegal back in the 1970s, so that creates a major roadblock. And second, the American people don't necessarily respons positively to hearing the administration is using assassination as an instrument of international policy.
Dave
32 - valery dawe
>>foreign assassination illegal back in the 1970s,<<
When did the United States bomb Muammar Gaddafi? The 80's wasn't it? Missed him but killed his infant daughter.
I don't recall much of a negative response from Mr. and Mrs. America at that time.
33 - beadtot
Into the coxcombs once again! How orthodox!
34 - Aaman
What does that mean - coxcombs, in this context, I mean?
35 - Hans Johansson
As an Aryan I feel ashamed that George W Bush, Tony Blair and John Howard are the dogs of Ariel Sharon and that I the Anglo Saxons are the lickers of Jews' assholes.
It is every Aryan duty to free the Anglo Saxons from the Jewish enslavery.
Hans