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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Win Smith who wrote (58695)11/25/2002 1:07:24 PM
From: aladin  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
Win,

Since you persist in damning anyone to the right of you and demonizing anyone who disagrees, I don't really know how to have a discussion.

From your 'straight' answer - I am guessing (and its just that) that you are against any form of intervention under any circumstance abroad. If thats true, its a valid position even though I choose to disagree. Pacifism and isolationism are valid and as American as apple-pie. While some accused Charles Linburgh of being a traitor during WW2, history remembers him simply as a pacifist. Despite the rhetoric from Rush and company on Carter - I suspect he will be remembered in a similar way.

Now saying that pacifism equates to a Chamberlain-like capitulation to dictatorships may be offensive to you, but thats not the same as calling you a traitor. We should all strive to remember that while Chamberlain's diplomacy failed - thats not the same as saying all diplomacy is a failure.

Myself I would have been in Yugosolvia, Somolia and Rhwanda and would have lobbied NATO, the UN or anyone I could to join coalitions for those efforts (but would have been unilateral if need be). The presence of oil in the case of Iraq should not negate its similarity to the others. Or can we only intervene when we have no visible self-interest?

John
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