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Article: A Just Cause, Not a Just War. (Letters to the Editor).(Letter to the Editor)
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- Phi Kappa Phi Forum
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- June 22, 2002
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Howard Zinn says nations that are modest are not targets of terrorism ["A Just Cause, Not a Just War," "Terrorism," Vol. 82, No. 2]. I'm not an expert on any of these individual situations, but haven't such varied nations as Spain, Sri Lanka, Colombia, India, Russia, Italy, and Nigeria been targets of various forms of terrorist attacks and political assassinations at various times in the last fifty years?
As for why other nations are modest, I'm reminded of Winston Churchill's commentary on Clement Attlee: "A modest man, with much to be modest about."
Paul Conlin
Cromwell, Connecticut
In "A Just Cause, Not a Just War," Howard Zinn ...