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To: Michael M who wrote (16140)	6/30/2002 12:33:19 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

This is somewhat off point but I found it interesting. I was watching a nature show yesterday about green parrots in Puerto Rico, which used to be thick with them but where they are now endangered. The show was about efforts to reestablish them. There was one sad anecdote about how the parrots came to leave one particular area. They were filming a movie about Cuba in PR, didn't catch the name, which required shots of jets zooming just at the top of the canopy. Apparently that so scared the birds at a delicate time of the year that they all disappeared. The biologist said there were 35 now back in the wild and he looked so sad that their loss was caused by the need for three seconds of film.

To: Michael M who wrote (16140)	7/1/2002 8:48:04 AM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

I can't help noting that you are often quick to criticize the US, especially when the military is involved. Possibly I simply do not believe these institutions should be above criticism. Living outside the US, and the perspective that comes from seeing things as others see them, may also have something to do with it. The powerful always desrve scrutiny. It has been observed that power tends to corrupt. I recall recently pointing out that the military establishment seemed to be treating the prospect of a war with Iraq far more reasonably and responsibly than their civilian bosses. I would also comment that the behaviour of US forces in the Southern Philippines over the last 6 months has been close to impeccable. Unfortunately, this is not always the case. I wonder how quick we would be to seek mitigating factors if an Italian plane killed 20 Americans, or if a Japanese submarine rammed a ship full of American high school students....