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Old Nov 23, 2005, 11:58 am   #5 (permalink) (top)
Nono
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Do they have no conscience and believe that if America does it, it MUST be right, by definition? Or is it just a blind spot for anything that isn't announce on FOXNews?
The latter describes the less knowledgeable among them. And if they happen to stumble into knowledge, the rationalize it à la your first sentence.
After all, what we're talking is emotional need, not cold assessment.

Yes, Guatemala never got the coverage that Nicaragua and El Salvador did. But it was de facto genocide.


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