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To: KyrosL who wrote (100965)	6/10/2003 10:40:34 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

>>Religion does not affect my political views.<< Religion or not, I've found that Orthodox-heritage people tend to stick together, for example, the Russians and the Slavs. A lot of Greeks are pissed off at the United States for siding with the Muslims in Kosovo. Oh, I have read a lot of reasons, and I know it's reductionist to point to religion, only, but the other reasons don't amount to much -- "arrogance" -- who cares about arrogance when you are satisfied with the outcome? Your argument that "we were buddies with Saddam" is irretrievably reductionist. Try this sentence on for size - "we are buddies with Arafat" because we give aid to the Palestinians. Exporting technology is always problematic - but the argument that any given administration intended the results of technology that wasn't blocked is - well, we've known each other a long time so help me find a palatable alternative to "puerile." You worked for McGovern but believe yourself responsible for the acts of Nixon? I don't get it. You say you're agnostic so you can't believe in destiny. To me, that's like saying, "I represented the defendant at trial, worked as hard as I could to get him off, but the jury found him guilty so I am responsible for his execution." You're only responsible for your own acts, is the way I look at it. This country isn't one single blob of protoplasm. Putting your argument into perspective, you're arguing that the person who sold Saddam the rope is as guilty as the hangman, and the person who tried to stop the hanging is complicit in the hanging. That's a form of thinking that is totally alien to me.