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   From: tppm@ca.rr.com   
      
   On 28 Mar 2024 22:40:08 -0000, kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote:   
      
   >Keith F. Lynch  wrote:   
   >>Scott Dorsey  wrote:   
   >>> Was Pancho Villa an authorized representative acting on behalf of   
   >>> the Mexican government?  Or was he acting as a private citizen?   
   >>   
   >>Does it matter?  If a bunch of armed foreigners working together cross   
   >>the US border to use force against Americans, that's an invasion.   
   >   
   >What if it's only one armed foreigner?   
   >   
   >>In 1066, was William the Conquerer an authorized representative acting   
   >>on behalf of the French government?   
   >   
   >He was the French government.  L'etat, c'etait lui.   
   >--scott   
      
   He was the Norman government, Philip I was the French government.   
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