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Old 09-06-2012, 09:09 PM
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Originally Posted by whell View Post
it's really no more or less weak than trying to use the words of a Treaty - a document of political and diplomatic expediency crafted to placate and diffuse a dispute - to characterize one of the two nations who are a party to that treaty.
If it's a weakness, then it's one we share. I put forward the Treaty of Tripoli, containing clear and unambiguous language about the nature of our country. Then you responded with far less clear language from a different treaty, attempting to establish the opposite view.

So, where's the diff?

Except, of course, I'm right and you're wrong.

John
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