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To: craig crawford who wrote (132276)10/2/2001 10:34:31 AM
From: Kevin Podsiadlik  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 164684
 
<< protectionists don't have a problem with trading with the world. what they are against is the united states trading away our sovereignty leaving us beholden to global trade agreements where we are not in a position to protect our national interest. >>

Which is why I have not referred to your views as "protectionist".

<< you can't live your life the way you hope the world to be, you have to life your life according to the reality of the situation. >>

Exactly, and "the reality of the situation" with regard to the Arab world is that we are simply not in a position to ignore it as long as we require their oil.