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To: Neeka who wrote (95476)	4/22/2003 12:47:13 AM
From: Sun Tzu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

My assessment of the anti-war protests outside the US was that it is partially driven by anti-US sentiments. You have to remember that after 9/11 there was a ton empathy for US. With the exception of Arab countries, most other places were with us. So to dismiss the massive ant-war rallies as hatred of US is a very big stretch, at least in regards with the average protestor. When it comes to the leadership of these movements (or countries) I don't think the issue was so much anti-US or anti-war (or pro-humanitarian for that matter) as it was to contain US. I don't have a problem with this because I cannot see how it could have been otherwise. When one takes steps that genuinely scares others, it is only expected that they'll gang up on you. It doesn't mean I like it. But I look at it more along the lines of "nothing personal; it is just business" than see it as they really hate us and want to destroy us. What we really need is a set of international laws and institutions that are fair and have teeth to them. The international arena cannot remain a free for all jungle. We need something that everyone is held accountable to. ST