baparao@uscvax.UUCP (Bapa Rao) (03/26/86)
In article <7801148@inmet> az@inmet.UUCP writes: > >[Barry Chein] >> To George Will who on one of those Saturday morning press shows this >> past week (Meet the Press I think, who cares, it happened, I saw it) >> remarked that we should not help the Philippines recover wealth from >> Marcos because it would discourage other dictators from leaving their >> countries. > > I would grant them the asylum in the exchange for at least >significant part of the wealth taken from the country (and I am >talking about countries with friendly new regimes - why should we >do police work for non-friends). > > Leaving this option (to cut and run) open might save a lot of >blood in the final days of dictatorships. > > Alex Zatsman. Yeah, especially that of the dictator and his cronies. --Bapa Rao