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Does Iran-Contra ring a bell?
by fpgeek 14y ago
Does Iran-Contra ring a bell?
- mc32 14y agoI think I-C was a proxy war. In any given war there are acts of terrorism in that either side in this case (the local proxies of the US) and the adversarial proxy (in the case Cuban/soviet) engaged in some terrorism against the people either side saw as supporters of the opposition. The contras were a coalition of both deposed affiliates and disaffected revolutionaries who switched sides. I knew someone who was once an optimistic 'internationalist', as they called themselves. Anyhow, I suppose you could argue that all the soviet-US proxy wars resulted in some terrorism by the local proxies. But we could go further and say that most major wars involved some form of terrorism.
- jonah 14y agoHeh, Khashoggi's brother lives down the street from me. ;)
- tsotha 14y agoSupporting a rebel movement isn't terrorism.