On 5/15/06, Carrol Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
>
> William Blum reminds us that "[w]ith his recent letter to President
> Bush, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has become part of a long
> tradition of Third-World leaders who, under imminent military or
> political threat from the United States, communicated with Washington
> officials in the hope of removing that threat,"
I think Bishop Romero's letter to President Carter should be put in the
same category.
And I worry a bit about all the flying Chavez is doing. Planes carrying
third-world leaders who annoy the u.s. have a poor safety record.
Carrol
I'd also counsel Ahmadinejad not to attend the World Cup in Germany,
which won't guarantee his security.
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