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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: Katelew who wrote (419713)4/3/2011 11:25:17 AM
From: Paul Smith2 Recommendations  Read Replies (1) of 793864
 
the US can remind all the despots in the world that we have certain values as well as supreme military muscle. Considering that the risk to our military personnel is minimal, I see this as a great opportunity to remind the world of who we are.

But does our approach accomplish that? We seem timid, perhaps for good reason. We'll use air power but will take every opportunity to tell everybody that we will do nothing else and that it isn't really the USA, it is a coalition or NATO or the UN. We seem to want people to believe that we are just part of a team and not really leading anything....even when the truth might be different. And our "values" seem to be applied very unevenly.
We don't seem to want the world to get the message that you have put forth in the passage above.
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