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Johnson states that Sprayregen’s letter “implicitly defines Iraqis, Palestinians, and members of the PLO as either terrorists or pampered children.” (This bizarre either-or comparison should be enough to set off bells in one’s head.) While every last member of the PLO may not be a terrorist–if we define a terrorist as one who actually commits an act of terrorism–all members support its terrorist acts (lest they wind up a victim of PLO terrorism) and many aid and abet it. (Which under the legal theory of accountability makes them as liable as if they committed the act themselves.)
Furthermore, nowhere does Sprayregen define, implicitly or otherwise, that all Iraqis or Palestinians are terrorists or pampered children. What he stated was that the Palestinians and Iraqis employ terrorism, which they do, and that they are often treated like pampered children by their supporters who fail to criticize these barbaric acts.
W. Jerome
