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>My idea of supporting the troops is to make sure the military won't discard
>them like we have many times before. Especially now that we know why gulf
>war soldiers got gulf war syndrome. From our own dirty bombs. Sheez!
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I'm not happy with the number of casualties from accidents, etc. or
friendly fire.
>Saw bowling for columbine last night - really interesting documentary. The
>images of the list of countries that we have invaded when there was no need
>of it was mind boggling... and in each case it brought more deaths to the
>common folk of those places when the US installed their choice of president.
>I had not realized that at least not to that degree... for instance, el
>Salvador... I need to brush up on my history. Can somebody tell me why we
>went there?
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it was essentially a human rights issue. It was a civil war that
lasted 12 years, ending in a treaty in 1992.
From a website at Geo. Washington U:
"/From the Carter presidency through the Bush administration, El
Salvador was an obsession of United States policy. As a brutal civil war
raged on the ground, Washington's cold war concerns ensured massive and
continued U.S. support for the Salvadoran government and military
against the guerrilla forces of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation
Front (FMLN). Now, the National Security Archive's collection of
declassified U.S. government records charts for the first time the
complete course of Washington's role in the war, from the conflict's
earliest years to the United Nations- brokered peace accord of January
1992 and beyond."
URL: http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/publications/elsalvador2/
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We've been at war a lot in Central America and the Carribean. Anyone
remember Granada? Now there was a quick little skirmish. I can't
remember why we went there, either./
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>And the last scene with charlatan heston made me dislike him even more.
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At least he's got the courage of his convictions and doesn't bother to
beat about the bush. I have to respect that. And I'm being sympathetic
towards him; living with Alzheimers is a terrible thing.
Kat
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