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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: one_less who wrote (31545)10/9/2001 4:12:54 PM
From: Poet  Read Replies (3) of 82486
 
Thank you. You make a very good point here:

The people on the Eastern Hemisphere are well versed on our uneven hand in dealing with things that involve oil and our hypocrisy at supporting some despot dictators as long as we are getting a good deal in the gulf. That is a truth the the street people here need to start addressing if we ever expect any credibility in delivering hard facts to the Asians about their associations.

I am noticing (on SI anyway) a shift to a hawkish and self-righteous stance, so that even reminding people of these more unsavory aspects of our country's past is seen as unpatriotic. Until we can be be honest about our own country's shortfallings in that regard, it's going to be tough indeed to expect painful self-examination from the eastern hemisphere.
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