psat (fwd)

Something to consider that was sent to one of my colleagues.  Good luck!

dave smith
sociology
uc-irvine

>Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 12:11:07 -0500
>From: Deborah Fink <afink@iastate.edu>
>To: nnaples@orion.oac.uci.edu
>Subject: psat
>
>Political Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT)
>
> This test consists of one multiple-choice question:
>
> 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) a whole number between -1 and +1
>
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