Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2005 10:55:37 -0400
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
From: "Mike B." <omni at omniphile.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: The end of a Washington mystery
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

At 06:13 AM 6/3/05 -0700, Drew Bittner wrote:
>--- "Mike B." <yahoo at omniphile.com> wrote:

>> Hmmm...I wonder if going to the Soviet Union and
>> engaging in protests
>> against the United States during the Cold War years
>> would fit that definition?

>No, it wouldn't. Neither did Jane Fonda's
>ill-considered visit to North Vietnam.

I think that's arguable.

>It isn't treason to express an opinion overseas. It IS treason
>to provide material assistance to an enemy (sorry,
>photo ops don't necessarily qualify), be it in terms
>of information or merchandise or what have you.

I'm not sure I agree with this.  The part about photo ops not qualifying
that is...I agree with the rest.  In a propaganda war (which Vietnam
certainly was in addition to being a shooting war), providing propaganda
material might very well count as "giving aid" to the enemy.  The North
didn't win on the battlefield...they won in the press.

-- Mike B.
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Oh I'm sorry, is this a five minute argument, or the full half hour?