From: arromdee@jyusenkyou.cs.jhu.edu (Ken Arromdee)
Subject: Re: American Jewish Congress Open Letter to Clinton
Organization: Johns Hopkins University CS Dept.
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In article <22APR199300513566@vxcrna.cern.ch> casper@vxcrna.cern.ch (CASPER,DAVI./PPE) writes:
>>Are you aware that there is an arms embargo on all of what is/was
>>Yugoslavia, including Bosnia, which guarantees massive military
>>superiority of Serbian forces and does not allow the Bosnians to
>>try to defend themselves? 
>Should we sell weapons to all sides, or just the losing one, then?

Ending an embargo does not _we_ must sell anything at all.

>If the Europeans want to sell weapons to one or both sides, they are welcome
>as far as I'm concerned.

You seem to oppose ending the embargo.  You know, it is difficult for Europeans
to sell weapons when there is an embargo in place.

>I do not automatically accept the argument that Bosnia is any worse than
>other recent civil wars, say Vietnam for instance.  The difference is it is
>happening to white people inside Europe, with lots of TV coverage.

But if this was the reason, and if furthermore both sides are equal, wouldn't
all us racist Americans be favoring the good Christians (Serbs) instead
of the non-Christians we really seem to favor?
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On the second day after Christmas my truelove served to me...  Turkey Casserole
    that she made from Leftover Turkey.
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Ken Arromdee (arromdee@jyusenkyou.cs.jhu.edu)
