>Margaret writes: "As to US domination being generally benign: 'benign'
>is probably the wrong term. I would probably say 'generally less directly
>murderous'."
>
>This is sheer grade-school pap.
I'm afraid i must disagree.
>...
>Bishop Romero's murder and the events that led up to it; U.S. support
>of Indonesian policy in East Timor. A good place to begin with East
>...
>This aid to Guatemala, under Montes (sp?) perhaps the most savagely
>murderous regime in Latin American history, was in aid of said Rios
>Montes.
Chris, you make my point for me. The US tends to support the people who do the killing rather than doing the killing directly. That's what i meant by '...less directly murderous'. How could i have said it more clearly?