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To: Original Mad Dog who wrote (4026)	10/10/2001 10:57:11 AM
From: HG	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

<<The implied expectation is that part of U.S. foreign policy is supposed to be designed to help the world at large, to make it a better and safer and more prosperous place. >>> You got it all wrong buddy. Thats the picture US projects. Of selflessness, and sacrifice. Tell me US didn't go to war for Kuwait to save oil. Tell me it was from the goodness of your heart. Tell me US is not fighting Afghanistan coz US doesn't want OBL to destroy its cities and kill Americans. You can't tell me anything of that kind. Then why isn't US saying what its really doing, what this war really is for ? Whats with this We-Want-to-Root-Out-Terrorism-In-The-World attitude ? Say We Want to Root Out Terrorism From US. Doesn't matter if 35 people were killed in bomb blast and terrorists opened machine gun fire in Kashmir two weeks ago. US should verbalise its foreign policy. Say "Thats ok. They were not Americans. Their lives don't count." As always, IMHO ! :-) You know how lies affect me !!!

To: Original Mad Dog who wrote (4026)	10/10/2001 10:59:19 AM
From: Lola	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I personally don't think there's alot wrong with being selfish but the selfishness should be based on a longer term view. Short term gains are not sustainable if one does not consider the long term view. When you build a house you do things in certain order so that in the end the house will have no problems. If you look at building the house only as if one part of the construction does not have anything to do with the other your house will have alot of defects. All countries are selfish, all individuals are selfish but the better you are at doing something the more is expected from you. The world holds the U.S. to such a high standard because they are the best. It may seem like all we do is criticize the U.S. these days but it is not because the world doesn't respect the U.S. but because the world is in a panic. The strongest country in the world has been hit and it has freaked everybody out. The role of the U.S. in the world has been that of a cop ... someone who tries to prevent injustice. When the bad guys shoot the cop it's logical that everybody panics. Lola:)