On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, Richard Baker wrote: > > Why mistakenly? > > Presumably because a strong, coherent European Union would provide a > serious rival to the United States and would prevent the US > unilaterally acting across the globe to provide peace and security > using its own methods. Even I can see that it might prove worse > partioning the power of the West / Developed World / Whatever between > two approximately equal groups than having leadership provided by a > single unrivalled superpower. On the other hand, hoping that the US > will continue indefinitely far into the future to be as interventionist > and engaged as it current is might be seen as putting all of our eggs > into one basket.
Was there ever a better alternative? Marvin Long Austin, Texas Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Poindexter & Ashcroft, LLP (Formerly the USA) http://www.breakyourchains.org/john_poindexter.htm _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
