[Vision2020] MSNBC URL re amnesty for insurgents ...

[Debbie Gray]

Well, we may not like it but perhaps this is what 'fledgling 
democracy' looks like (see: history). They can't be expected to just 
drop thousands of years of political/social/religious/cultural 
tradition and behavior just because someone is telling them 'hey, now 
you're a democracy! you need to do things differently. but only as 
differently as we want you to'

I suspect King George 3 (as opposed to king george 43) would have 
been appalled that our fledgling country did not condemn everyone to 
death or whipping or whatever that fought/killed his soldiers. I know 
that's not the best comparison in the world but we need to look at 
things in a broader perspective. 

Note: I am not a historian and have never even played one on TV or 
the internet...

Debbie

On 12 Jul 2004 at 9:57, Art Deco aka W. Fox wrote:

> Sam, et al,
> 
>   I did not receive the clipping from Sam's submission, however, here 
    is
>   a quote from the article he submitted:
>   >   "We are offering an amnesty definitely, for people who have not
>   committed too many atrocious acts," al-Yawer was quoted as telling 
    the
>   British newspaper. "Everybody except murderers, rapists and
>   kidnappers."
>   >   However he also said that "if it's just the people of this city
>   (Baghdad), some of them killed 10 soldiers, we are offering an
>   amnesty. We have to do that, we have to be brave enough to accept 
    our
>   people and embrace all Iraqis."
>   >   >   Wayne
>   >   Art Deco  (Wayne Fox)
>   deco at moscow.com
>   >   >   >   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Sam Scripter (fsr)
>   To: vision2020 at moscow.com
>   Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 9:33 AM
>   Subject: [Vision2020] MSNBC URL re amnesty for insurgents ...
>   >   >   I forgot to include the URL to the MSNBC news
>   item from which I just sent a clipped excerpt:
>   >   http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5422319/
>   >   Sam Scripter
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DebbieGray          dgray at uidaho.edu
Research Analyst          208-885-4017
University of Idaho
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