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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (15276)	1/1/2002 6:31:59 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Another good point Hawk. You do produce a lot of them. Well, it's a brand new year and I'm on a roll.. :0) But this goes back to my point about so much of US foreign policy being reactionary and impulsive. And I would wager that it's the same for many other countries. After all, we're talking about human beings making decisions that will impact the present and the future in ways that few understand. It's based upon "gut feeling" and the best analysis at hand, and then filtered through various special interests, ultimately being diluted by the conflict and compromise involved in any bureaucratic decision making process. And then these decisions are ofter "overcome by events" before they can be implemented. As for UN, when it resembles the values and political process similiar to the US, or some other stable democratic system, I might be inclined to grant it more direct military power and where some elements of US sovereignty might be subverted to it. But it's got a long way to go, before more of a responsible governing body, than the current breeding ground of priviledged politicians seeking to steal from the US and give to their own poor nations. But I do long for the day when American troops won't be required to unilaterally be deployed overseas to slay the world's dragons. Hawk