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[Brad DeLong <delong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> If you pay attention to the syntax of the parenthetical remark
> above, it's very clear that I didn't say the AJ was your ally,
> though your tax dollars were at work supporting it. The Reagan
> administration brought in AJ gorillas to train the contras in the
> war against Nicaragua, if I remember correctly.
>
> More importantly, you simply ignore the primary clause to quibble
> about a parenthetical one. It was your government (and mine, alas)
> that organized the troops that dumped suspected NLF members out of
> the helicopters into the South China Sea.

I quibbled with the parenthetical remark because I couldn't quibble
with the primary clause.

You are, of course, correct...



Brad DeLong