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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: paul_philp who wrote (74267)2/15/2003 6:26:06 PM
From: tekboy  Read Replies (4) of 281500
 
prefer the high diplomacy of blackmailing other countries when they are at war

huh? we're not at war with Iraq, at least not yet. and no, I don't think what the French, or the Germans, are doing is either gracious or wise. But just because they're misbehaving doesn't mean we should too, and in fact, one might say that we have the greater obligation to be big about things and take their churlishness in stride (rather than replying in kind) because we have so much more power and because it's we who are proposing a radical change in international norms. In the style of its foreign policy, as opposed to the substance, the Bush administration has acted like a rude crude nouveau riche jerk, throwing its weight around with nary a thought for how others might feel or think. That is simply not how to go about leading the world; it's not even a good strategy for dominating it.

tb@noblesseoblige.com
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