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Re: Bummer of the Week: LEGO Made in China
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date: 
Sat, 8 Sep 2001 17:41:38 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Mladen Pejic writes: • [snip]
Honestly, I'd love to find a leader who doesn't do horrible things when he is
in power. Remember: "Power corrupts." Bush bombs Iraq, Clinton bombed • Serbia...
Shall I continue?

Poor analogy.  Better to say, Hitler invades, Milosevic invades, Saddam
invades and the U.S. reacts.  Despite all justifications, deplorable things
happen, of course.  "War is hell".
[more snip]

I need a little reminding as to who, what, or where was specifically invaded by
Milosevic (or indeed, by Yugoslavia at all) that required a US reaction of
bombing, invasion, and dismemberment.

Constantine



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  Re: Invasion
 
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Constantine Hannaher writes: (snipped) (...) Try "Slavonia", in Eastern Croatia. I think it was invaded by the army of the Yugoslav Federation in 1991. And the US did not *want* to invade Yugoslavia because the cost in (...) (23 years ago, 8-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Bummer of the Week: LEGO Made in China
 
(...) There isn't really a side to pick - ruthless totalitarians willing to slay millions. (...) Poor analogy. Better to say, Hitler invades, Milosevic invades, Saddam invades and the U.S. reacts. Despite all justifications, deplorable things (...) (23 years ago, 7-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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