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Re: Cuba is a terrorist state (was Re: Any truth in this one - Cuba as a terrostist state.
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Sun, 14 Oct 2001 20:56:09 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Lawrence Wilkes writes:
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> > Or perhaps you could also ask the question how many sympathisers to
> > thier cause do you need in the US government?
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> > Or how many votes might be lost if they are on the list?
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> Those were posed as rhetorical questions I assume, but they are nevertheless
> valid and I admit of no answer.
The corollary of Lawrence's question, of course, is:
"how many votes might be lost if they *aren't* on the list?"
I noticed the very small amount of text re: Cuba, and none
that implies a state sponsorship--it appears to be more a
matter of asylum, which is much harder to equate, I'd argue,
with being a "terrorist state." In effect that's saying that
refusing to hand over someone a nation labels a "terrorist"
is somehow condoning terrorism.
That's all well and good, of course, when we're the ones doing
the labeling, and in this case, because I think we've got a
pretty good file on bin Laden. But it's a troubling precedent
for future violations of national sovereignty, and it may very
well come back to bite us in the butt one day.
best
LFB
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