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To: Clarksterh who wrote (86306)	3/26/2003 2:41:20 AM
From: Jacob Snyder	Respond to of 281500

<we are significantly better than most countries in regards to freedoms afforded individuals> Yes, I agree. Although we have never been a perfect democracy (err, republic), and it took us till the 1920s before a majority of the adult population was allowed to vote, still, that's a lot better than all but a few small other countries. With the citizens of the 50 States, among ourselves, we follow the rules of the Constitution, and the ideals of the Declaration of Independence. And have reason to be proud of our record. Not perfect, but better than most. But, in our foreign policy, when dealing with the majority of the planet that is made up of weak poor countries, we follow principles that are the opposite of those ideals. In the conduct of our foreign policy, we have done nothing to spread freedom to South America or Asia or Africa. Quite the opposite, in fact. President Carter said it best: "The State Department only gets excited, if white skin or oil is involved."