In a message dated 08/09/2000 3:00:18 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: << What I find a bit puzzling in your position is that you seem very willing to see a real contradiction in American foreign policy. For example, you rightly say that it is hypocritical for the US to claim it is for democracy when it overthrows a democratically elected government in Guatemala, only to give support to a dictatorship which kills over 200,000 people. >> Pound never killed anyone. Pound never killed anyone. Pound never killed anyone. jb....