On Fri, 14 Sep 2001 21:30:51 -0400
Bruce Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| On Friday 14 September 2001 19:57 pm, dep wrote:
| > | What the US and it's allies do, will be carefully watched by all.
| > | It is imperative that the US comes out of all this looking
| > | snow-white and in shining armour.
| >
| > unfortunately, it is exactly this consideration that made tuesday
| > possible.
|
| Exactly. One of the things we *must* give up is the thought that we must be
| liked by the world. As long as what we do is 'correct and proper', let the
| world think what it wants.
I think the US has always done this. It is the 'correct and proper' part
that has been the problem. What we consider to be so is not what everyone
considers to be so. The US would do much better to just stay out.
Do nothing. Let people complain about that. By not doing anything we do not
take sides. OK, through inaction, but if it is how the US always does things,
everyone will pretty much be treated the same. The world will go to hell if
the US sits back? There is another problem. Ego. The US just has to accept
the fact that they cannot make the world safe. To paraphrase Keith, as
long as there are humans, there will be those who cause problems.
I know this is unrealistic and will never happen. But if it did, it would
be best for the US. Maybe not for the world. But maybe the world does not
want to be helped. (I'm writing this and it is only Monday...)
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