CATO paper

[W. Kiernan]

C. G. Estabrook wrote:
> 
> A distressingly cogent analysis from the soi-disant Right...
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Jim_Jatras at rpc.senate.gov (Jim Jatras)
> > 
> > ...and harmed our relationship with Russia, which should be among
> > our first priorities -- having vindicated every lie the Soviet
> > Union ever told about NATO's aggressive intentions...

I hate to sound like a Commie or something awful like that, especially
this morning after Memorial Day when, as a U.S. citizen, I ought to be
be blur-eyed hung over with patriotism, but how annoying the idea in
that sentence.  Mr. Jatras's essay was otherwise pretty reasonable, so I
wonder if he was conscious of the illogic there.  What does the word
"lie" mean?  If "every" one of them has now been "vindicated," then they
were not "lies."

Yours WDK - WKiernan at concentric.net