[Newspoetry] [edwards@eagle.uis.edu: Political Aptitude Test]

[Bill Wendling]

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From: "W. Edwards" <edwards at eagle.uis.edu>
Subject: Political Aptitude Test
To: wendling at ganymede.isdn.uiuc.edu, futrelle at ncsa.uiuc.edu, alb at netlds.com,
        eransdell at lrs.com
Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 15:55:05 -0600 (CDT)


This test consists of one (1) multiple-choice question (so you better get
it right!) Here's a list of the countries that the U.S. has bombed since
the end of World War II, compiled by historian William Blum:

	China 1945-46
	Korea 1950-53
	China 1950-53
	Guatemala 1954
	Indonesia 1958
	Cuba 1959-60
	Guatemala 1960
	Congo 1964
	Peru 1965
	Laos 1964-73
	Vietnam 1961-73
	Cambodia 1969-70
	Guatemala 1967-69
	Grenada 1983
	Libya 1986
	El Salvador 1980s
	Nicaragua 1980s
	Panama 1989
	Iraq 1991-99
	Sudan 1998
	Afghanistan 1998
	Yugoslavia 1999

In how many of these instances did a democratic government, respectful of
human rights, occur as a direct result?  Choose one of the following:

	(a) 0
	(b) zero
	(c) none
	(d) not a one
	(e) zip
	(f) a whole number between -1 and +1
	(g) zilch

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