From: Mark Grant (mark@unicorn.com)
Date: Sun Sep 14 1997 - 10:08:00 MDT
On Sun, 14 Sep 1997, Arjen Kamphuis wrote:
> More recently, and for me closer to home, 250.000 people were killed
> (mostly civilians) in the former Yugoslavia (a lot in concentrationcamps).
> Europe (and the world) sat on their hands and did nothing for several
> years. It finally took American guns and decisivness to end all this.
No, the other governments did far worse than nothing; they enforced an
arms embargo which meant that one of the warring parties was unable to
acquire the weapons they needed to defend themselves. Otherwise the
ex-Yugoslavians may have been able to sort out their own problems. Yet
another victory for 'gun control'.
Mark
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