On Apr 25, 2005, at 5:50 PM, Dan Minette wrote:
So, if your argument is that Bush tends to be pigheaded and plow ahead without regard to other views when he is certain, then I will agree. But, if it that, for the US to properly consider the views of other nations, that it must give veto rights over certain foreign policy actions to other nations, then I would tend to differ with that.
In the final analysis, we're not that far apart. At the risk of being considered an America-hater, Bush is a kind of ur-American: we tend to be pigheaded and plow ahead without regard to other views when we are certain.
The other question -- to what extent "a decent respect to the opinions of mankind" requires that the US should give a measure of veto power to those opinions -- is the business of diplomacy, so I will continue to "just hope" that our diplomats will make that call wisely.
Dave
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