>I don't deny that the U.S. mistreats
>Indians. You don't have to call it "genocidal" to make the point.
Look, the U.S. isn't slaughtering Indians wholesale as it did in the good old days. No one is claiming that. The point was originally raised in the context of the Yugo war - that if the U.S. was claiming the right to violate Yugoslavian sovereignty on the basis of genocide, the claim could be made with equal legal justification about the U.S. itself. U.S. policy towards Indians fits the legal definition of genocide. Maybe lots of Americans have a hard time believing that about their country, but it's true. No doubt Max Sawicky will have a mocking response to this too.
Doug