Good evening again, Tim! Tim Bedding wrote to Frank Reichert...
> There is no Empire and no imperialism. The idea of tackling > Iraq in the first Iraq war was to promote the values of the > UN and hence peace. Could you possibly define what you mean by 'values of the UN'? I do know that the vast majority of UN member states are ruled by either totalitarian regimes outright, or perhaps islamic state governments, a lot of pseudo 'Banana Republics' and the like. I'm wondering I guess how you arrive at a central values scale from such a hodge podge of ideologies, cultures and home grown domestic 'values'. I also previously wrote: > > 2. Begin a neutral and even handed foreign policy, refusing to take > > sides unless we our compelled otherwise by aggression or force to > > surrender our own choices in the way we choose to be governed or > > maintain our lives as a sovereign nation. To which, you replied: > Where do you think that the US has not been sufficiently > neutral and even-handed? Take a look around almost anywhere on the planet where the US has committed military forces, aggression and interference over the last 55-60 years. But since you asked, one of the most blatant one-sided and unbalanced foreign policy blunders has been the support that Israel enjoys, and all of its neighbours, except perhaps Egypt and Jordan, do not. Kindest regards, Frank _______________________________________________ Libnw mailing list Libnw@immosys.com List info and subscriber options: http://immosys.com/mailman/listinfo/libnw Archives: http://immosys.com/mailman//pipermail/libnw
