Nothing has ever stopped the US from trading with both sides!!! Probably the US's only honest upholding of such tenuous concepts as free trade and democratic freedom
US militarily backed UNITA in Angola while firmly entrenching itself in the oil-producing regions; US backed Somalia and sold weapons to Ethiopia (or other way round) in the 80s Perhaps the embargo on Cuba might have been lifted had there been another side to trade with!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -----Original Message----- From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Leigh Meyers Sent: 27 November 2006 23:32 To: [email protected] Subject: [PEN-L] Query: International Law, Economics, And Civil War Today, NBC News Corporate HQ decided the Iraq fiasco is now approved to be called a civil war by their news services. The side we trade with, and the side we don't... Not that we were trading with the insurgency when it was considered external, but now that the schism is considered internal, where are the two sides? Who backs them financially? The U.S. and western interests are backing one (perhaps changable, coup-able) side. Who's on the other side? The country that may never be named on [pen-l], and their kissin' cousin Syria? Leigh
