"Mike Murray" <mikemurray@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 13 May 2008 05:57:05 -0700 (PDT), "parrthenon@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> <parrthenon@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>>Canadian chess journalist Jonathan Berry observed, "It has been
>>re****ted that President Clinton in his memoirs said the embargo was
>>ignored by all, even the USA government, and it was only enforced to
>>the extent that arms were not sent to Serbia. Yet arms were sent with
>>impunity to other factions, and other contacts with Serbia were okay.
>>If true, the whole incident appears doubly pointless."
>
>>A reader replied, "It's even worse than that. Serbia allegedly
>>received missiles produced in the USA via Israel which makes it
>>grotesquely hypocritical to punish Fischer for his 30 games against
>>Spassky."
>
> While the blade hovered menacingly over Fischer's head for many years,
> AFAIK, the only overt action against him was taken by the Shrub
> administration, and then only by the back door of a pass****t
> violation, using the Japanese as surrogates. It was a sneaky,
> vindictive action which appears to have deliberately evaded addressing
> the issues Berry mentions in your quote, above.
Both you and Berry miss several im****ant facts. First, Fischer was
indicted immediately after completing the match. Whether the embargo
*ultimately* proved effective was really irrelevant. (By the way, I would
not make an *****sment based on some offhand comments interpreted
by a Canadian chess journalist!) Second, Fischer
did not set foot in the US while under indictment- what overt actions
*could* the US reasonably have taken? Third, Fischer no doubt
called attention to himself with his pro-9/11 radio broadcast. That likely
increased interest in bringing him to justice, but the US still
could not seek extradition because his crime was not listed in
the extradition treaty. Fischer's expired pass****t gave the US other
avenues to explore. The US explored them but alternate legal
approaches were unsuccessful.
Once you dismiss the "chessplayers are above the law"
arguments, I really don't see any wrongdoing on the part
of the US government.
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