Re: The Intellectual Origins Of America-Bashing By Lee Harris

From: Grant Callaghan (grantc4@hotmail.com)
Date: Tue 10 Dec 2002 - 15:06:57 GMT

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    >
    >At 08:11 AM 9/12/02 -0500, you wrote:
    >Snip........Alfred wrote:
    > >And, of course, it's not just the left that supports terrorism...it's
    >drug
    > >addicts, too. commercials have shown, by association, that drugs are sold
    >by
    > >dealers who get their drugs from people who finance terrorists.
    >associative
    > >equation: drugs=supports terrorism.
    > >
    >Jeremy:
    >Correct me here if I am wrong here but hasn't the CIA been shown to be one
    >of the biggest importers of drugs into the US? And didn't they run drugs
    >out of Cambodia to finance terrorism, train terrorists and supply arms for
    >right-wing insurgents who even murdered US citizens in South America?
    >Jeremy
    >

    The government doesn't know what the government doesn't want to know. It's called "plausible deniability." Unfortunately, it leads to a plausible lack of responsibility.

    Cheers,

    Grant

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