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Originally Posted by daswig
So the Soviet Union didn't hold "elections"? Really? Are you SURE you want to say that? How about Iraq? They periodically held elections. Last election, I heard Saddam got 103% of the vote.
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OK, if you wanna play that way, our electoral system is a sham too. Keep in mind our current president was appointed by a Council of Judicial Ministers (aka the supreme court), not the people. The point here being that you can have elections, or you can have "elections" in which the result is rigged or ignored, and therefore they do not really count as elections. I would lump the USSR in the latter category.
And no, I am not saying that supporting the Contras is the moral equivalent of raping a six year old. You seem to be having difficulty making rational interpretations of statements. Let me help you along with that. I am saying that breaking the law of our land is breaking the law of our land, whether or not the president tells you to do it. No one may use the president's illegal actions as a shield to protect themselves from the prosecution of their illegal actions.