From: bob1@cos.com (Bob Blackshaw)
Subject: Re: Remember those names come election time.
Keywords: usa federal, government, international, non-usa government
Organization: Corporation for Open Systems
Distribution: world 
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In <C5ztK0.DyI.1@cs.cmu.edu> anwar+@cs.cmu.edu (Anwar Mohammed) writes:

>I said:
>  In article <C5u4qI.Mz4@apollo.hp.com> nelson_p@apollo.hp.com (Peter Nelson) writes:
>  >
>  >  Besides, there's no case that can be made for US military involvement
>  >  there that doesn't apply equally well to, say, Liberia, Angola, or
>  >  (it appears with the Khmer Rouge's new campaign) Cambodia.   Non-whites
>  >  don't count?

>  Hmm...some might say Kuwaitis are non-white. Ooops, I forgot, Kuwaitis are
>  "oil rich", "loaded with petro-dollars", etc so they don't count.

>...and let's not forget Somalia, which is about as far from white as it
>gets.

Not according to reports I have read. It seems that the Somalis think
of our African American Marines in less than complimentary terms, using
gestures that signify a word I refuse to use. Seems that even when you
try to help people, they still insult you.


>That's two in a row, care to try for more?

REB