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To: epicure who wrote (104064)	7/4/2003 4:27:11 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Respond to of 281500

Yes, it's bigger, but the world would probably work with us on Africa If by "work with us", you mean, make approving noises as we commit ourselves to a real quagmire, I agree. If you mean, give actual aid & assistance, you must be kidding. Your preference for naked self interest unadorned is better filled by nearly any other country than America. Whose self interest is harmed by Congo's self-destruction? Nobody, really, except the Congolese and their neighbors. As for US support of Iraq during the Iran-Iraq war, now you're talking about a real multilateral policy. The entire Gulf was hugely relieved to see these two nasty regimes tied up fighting each other, and was behind any policy that could continue this happy state of affairs. France, Germany and China were glad to sell Iraq weapons of any sort. Our Arab allies begged us not to let Saddam lose. Face it, the demand to respond equally and impartially to humanitarian crises amounts to a demand to do nothing anywhere. It is an impossible demand, and any administration that tries to follow it will get nothing of use accomplished, like the Carter administration.