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Re: Vote against/for...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date: 
Mon, 11 Nov 2002 08:32:51 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:
> 
> > John, "responsible" is not the word I would use - name me a country that has a
> > worse record with nuclear, biological and chemical weapons?
> 
> The former USSR.

Has it dropped "the bomb", has it used biological and chemical weapons the way
the USA has? I think not.

> 
> > In the cold war,
> > the USA [and others] tried to destabilise many nations. Today, the USA funds
> > human rights abuses in Israel.
> 
> You go, spin doctor.  The cold war was a battle of idealogies-- Communism vs
> Capitalism.  We won.

Not quite right, but does the means justify the end?

> 
> As far as Israel goes, that is your POV and not fact; we just see things
> differently.

No john, it's a fact. You know. I know it. It's a fact.

Scott A

> 
> -John



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(...) The USSR denotated plenty of nuclear bombs. Or did you mean killing people at the same time? Yeah, we dropped 2 nukes (tiny by today's standards), but reluctantly. Had we a cache of bombs we would most certainly have provided a little (...) (24 years ago, 11-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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(...) The former USSR. (...) You go, spin doctor. The cold war was a battle of idealogies-- Communism vs Capitalism. We won. As far as Israel goes, that is your POV and not fact; we just see things differently. -John (24 years ago, 11-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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