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Originally posted by Spanky
There is a difference between "working with" and bestowing the title of "peacemaker". I will give you Jonas Savimbi but the Contras were not "terrorists". The were fighting against a government that was a dictatorship and they focused their fire on government troops. Yes, as with all soldiers, some got out of hand, but the labeling of the contras as terrorists was done by people who were sympathetic to the Sandinastas and refused to believe that the Sandinats were totalitarians that could care less about human rights and democracy. Because of the contras we now have a free market, human right respecting democracy in Nicaragua. Without the contras the Sandinistas would never have called an election and would still rule Nicaragua like Castro still rules Cuba.
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In my mind, terrorism is a function of means, not ends. If George Washington had slaughtered Tory women and children in the name of independence, he would have been a terrorist. If I understand you correctly, you're not a terrorist if you're fighting someone bad, like the Sandinistas. If I understand Penske, you're not a terrorist if you slaughter women and children with government troops. I don't get why that should matter.
