John Wakefield writes:
> Martin William Smith wrote:
>
> > Nobody else has protested the bombing of Chechnya
> > either.  Not on this list, and nowhere else, either, that I have
> > seen.
> >
> > So can we finally admit that the protests of the NATO bombing were not
> > motivated by the immorality of bombing?  Because, apparently, bombing
> > Chechens is ok.  Bombing Serbs is not.
>
> Saying that bombing Chechnya is immoral will not get disagreements from
> anyone. Just because people are not stating the obvious, it doesn't mean
> that they think it is ok. I disagree with your conclusion. As far as
> protesting goes, what are you talking about? Writing letters to Moscow?
> Picketing in the US? Let's get real.

All of the above, but mainly demanding that the west freeze all IMF
funds for Russia until the bombing stops.  The point was that claims
to be against the NATO bombing on moral grounds were dishonest.

martin

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