Chomsky hits it right on the head again and I've been astounded that others have
not be commenting in this fashion (other than Yeltsin).  We would be condemning
anyone else who did such things as this and I'm reminded of my personal remarks
about such strikes, "We did it because we are large, powerful and we could..."
I cannot believe that we will not be the recipient of endless attempts to
impress upon us the foolishness of thinking we can get away sans similar acts
against us in the future...

Cordially,

Bob

Wat Tyler wrote:

> Noam Chomsky discusses Terror
> -----------------------------
> Is it terrorism to attack terrorists?
>
> Murderous factions have untenable goals and
> unlimited bombs
>
>                 By Allan Thompson
>              Toronto Star Ottawa Bureau
>
> Snip
>
> Chomsky says that if the Clinton doctrine on retaliation is to be
> taken literally, ``then all around the world there are countries
> that have a perfect right to set off bombs in Washington.''
>
> He points to the recent publication in the New York Times of
> evidence that a Miami-based organization was involved in
> bombings in Cuba that claimed civilian lives.
>
> And he says that by the same token, Lebanon would have the
> right to set off bombs in Israel, ``which is constantly carrying
> out terrorist attacks north of what it calls its security zone'' in
> southern Lebanon.
>
> ``Nobody takes this principle seriously. It is a principle for the
> strong, and what it says is that the strong are allowed to attack
> the weak and defenceless any time they want to,'' Chomsky
> says.
> snip
>
> ``It's all blatantly illegal, there's nothing more clear than what
> the U.N. Charter says about this (use of violence).''
>
> Snip
>
> ``People who carry out terrorist attacks are culpable and
> should be punished just like any other crime.''
>



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