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Politics : Foreign Policy Discussion Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: zonder who wrote (902)	12/24/2002 3:20:58 PM
From: William B. Kohn	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 15992

You have an irritating way of asserting yourself. I did not claim that Annan knows 'nothing', I did say that if he placed the blame on the US (and the US alone) for the slim report, then he was an idiot. Most idiots know something, just not very much. I also did not claim to know everything. My comment about Anti-American crap had nothing to do with a single article in the Sunday Herald, although the link was without a date leaving one suspect, but then the British press is always suspect! France was responsible for both Algeria and Vietnam, and an apology doesn't make it all go away. Show me the starving people who expressely asked their governments to let them die rather than eat US foodstuffs. How much do you want to bet that it was European pressure that caused the governments of impoversed African nations to reject Food Aid from America. The rejection had nothing to do with altered foods, it was an excuse not a cause of concern.

To: zonder who wrote (902)	12/24/2002 11:31:30 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15992

Besides, this thread is about the US foreign affairs. Maybe you would like to start a thread about French foreign affairs, Ahem.... While I appreciate and encourage your participation Zonder, I hope that you'll permit me that one pleasure I receive from being the one who decides what is, and isn't, on topic.. Thanks... ;0) While I would not wish to encourage dedicating this thread to another country's foreign policy, I would state that no nation's foreign policy occurs in a vacuum. One country's FP directly impacts and often drives the FP of another country.. And that is no truer than in the case of the US and Western Europe.. Additionally, I find comparisons and contrasts pertinent to determining the worth of US FP decisions and what influences are impacting them.. But more importantly, I think it is well and good for people to be reminded of the mistakes and gaffs of other nation's in conducting THEIR foreign policy.. After all, the US is walking through political minefields laid down long before it ever truly became a international power.. As for biologically "modified" foods... I suggest we all remind ourselves that what currently poses as domestic grains and wheats bear LITTLE resemblance to their non-domesticated ancestors... We have been cross-pollinating, grafting, and hybridizing mother nature's grain bearing flora for thousands of years. So for some of the "chicken littles" to suddenly call GMF grains "franken foods" is really quite disingenuous. But the hype and false fear generated by these "special interests" (including European agriculture lobbies) was very effective in causing African nations to reject US grain... But something tells me that all of this worry will dissipate as soon as European Agri-Science catches up with that of the US.. Because obviously they will no longer be at such an economic disadvantage against US farmers. Hawk