Quick Political Scholastic Aptitude Test

[Larissa]

For those of you who don't visit the OI forum...

Quick Political Scholastic Aptitude Test:

If you can pass this test you are eligible to join the peace movement.

It consists of one (1) multiple-choice question.

Here's a list of the countries that the U.S. has bombed since the end
of World War II, compiled by historian William Blum:

China 1945-46
Korea and China 1950-53 (Korean War)
Guatemala 1954
Indonesia 1958
Cuba 1959-1961
Guatemala 1960
Congo 1964
Peru 1965
Laos 1964-73
Vietnam 1961-73
Cambodia 1969-70
Guatemala 1967-69
Grenada 1983
Lebanon 1983, 1984 (both Lebanese and Syrian targets)
Libya 1986
El Salvador 1980s
Nicaragua 1980s
Iran 1987
Panama 1989
Iraq 1991-2003
Kuwait 1991
Somalia 1993
Bosnia 1994, 1995
Sudan 1998
Afghanistan 1998, 2001-2
Yugoslavia 1999

Q: In how many of these instances did a democratic government, respectful of human rights, occur as a direct result?

Choose one of the following:

(a) 0
(B) zero
© none
(d) not a one
(e) a whole number between -1 and +1
(f) zip
(g) squat
(h) nada
(i) bubkis

[chamo]

I chose bubkis...
Aren't these also countries they've bombed without actually declaring war as well, or is that another list?
I believe there are 40 countries they've done that to.

[thursday night]

What an excellent book that is indeed. Have you read it, Larissa?

[Larissa]

The American Holocaust or Killing Hope? Not really, just a few parts of them.


(Edited by Larissa at 3:24 pm on Mar. 17, 2003)

[Larissa]

Quote: from Larissa on 3:21 pm on Mar. 17, 2003
The American Holocaust or killing Hope? Not really, just a few parts of them.

http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Blum/Wil...lliam_Blum.html (http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Blum/William_Blum.html)

[deimos]

It#s really unbelievable that the uS, who claim to be a democratic country, are cheating and manipulating elections all over the world.

[KRAZYKILLA]

none. i HATE DEMOCRACY AND CAPITALISM... what a woeful depressing sadistic evil world.

[chamo]

i HATE DEMOCRACY
I'm sure you mean either western democracy or that you are a Stalinist.