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To: smokegenerator; piasa
What else do you want to know about the duplicity of the US govt role in their support of other terrorist organizations? Shall I show you the KLA/NATO buddy relationship? Need proof?

Logic error: "Two Wrongs Make a Right"

Description of Two Wrongs Make a Right
Two Wrongs Make a Right is a fallacy in which a person "justifies" an action against a person by asserting that the person would do the same thing to him/her, when the action is not necessary to prevent B from doing X to A. This fallacy has the following pattern of "reasoning":

It is claimed that person B would do X to person A.
It is acceptable for person A to do X to person B (when A's doing X to B is not necessary to prevent B from doing X to A).
This sort of "reasoning" is fallacious because an action that is wrong is wrong even if another person would also do it.

You justify allowing innocents to be murdered because you question US action in Iran Contra. This is quite illogical and even more alarming, it is immoral.

38 posted on 03/09/2003 10:34:44 AM PST by nicmarlo (** UNDER GOD **)
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To: nicmarlo
How many of those Iranians who recieved those weapons ended up training someone that attacked US interests? THAT is wrong, and you fail, you FAIL to grasp that reality.

How often do you see an official representative of the US Admin stand next to a known Terrorist organization? Has the US ever stood in partnership with known terrorists?

Name one time a Serb ever collaberated with a terrorist organization, that was sanctioned by that persons (Serb or American citizen) own government? C'mon, please do tell.

42 posted on 03/09/2003 10:47:55 AM PST by smokegenerator (www.pedalinpeace.org ---- Serbian Cycling Challenge for the Children of Serbia)
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