[lbo-talk] UN may demine Afghanistan in 10 years

DoreneFC at aol.com DoreneFC at aol.com
Sat Sep 6 13:49:30 PDT 2003


In a message dated 9/6/2003 8:35:18 PM GMT Daylight Time, dhenwood at panix.com writes:


> >UN aims to clear Afghanistan of land mines in 10 years
>
> Damn imperialists. Kipling would have known what to say about them!
>

Huh? And in a non-imperialist world, what, land mines would get cleaned up faster? Or every landmine recovered would be an automatic ticket to the maker country for compensation, a lower amount if recovered whole and unexploded, a higher amount if exploded and only partially recovered.

Or would these vile weapons of gross destruction just not have gotten laid in the first place?

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