[SOC] more tidbits

[David Ackrill]

----- Original Message -----
From: "JMcAulay"

> At 08:59 AM 03/07/2003 +1100, you wrote:
> >David Ackrill wrote:
> >
> >> However, it came as a shock when the source of funds for the IRA was
> >> apparently traced back to the USA.  I wonder what would be the reaction
if
> >> funds for attacks in the USA were traced to another country in the
world?
> >
> >It's being used as one of a number of pretexts over Iraq.
>
>
> In my usual interest of pedantry, I would mention that IRA funding sources
> within the US were private citizens, not the US Government.

I'm so pleased that you are so sure of that statement.  Ollie North mean
anything to you?  Are you sure he acted alone, and that was the only part of
the world.

Oh, and there are reports that part of the "weapons of mass distruction"
were partly supplied by the UK.  Which makes our support a bit hypocritical.
Now, since the UK is often a small bit player behind the USA, I wonder where
some of the rest came from?

I know it's a pretext for my Government to say that we should go to war, and
I know that other goverments are not squeeky clean either, which is why it's
seems so SOC to be so sure that "we" are right and "they" are wrong.

de Dave (G0DJA)