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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bill who wrote (25137)	7/8/2003 4:41:02 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25898

Re: STAY OUT OF LIBERIA! ...and stay out of the Mideast --clue: Some supporters of intervention in Israel contend that the country is a special case because it was founded by freed Hebrew slaves in the 1800s BC. Of all the justifications for the use of diplomatic force, that one is the silliest. The circumstances of the founding of a country more than 4,000 years ago has no relevance whatsoever to the question of whether the United States ought to take action in the 21st century. When interventionists resort to that kind of argument, they are grasping at straws. It is unsound strategically to send our diplomatic personnel in harm's way when there is no vital security interest at stake. Even worse, it is immoral to waste their time in such ventures. Being a superpower means that the United States has the luxury to say "no" as well as "yes" to suggestions that it engage in diplomatic interventions. Israel is a case where U.S. leaders should have said "no" early and often. - Ted Halen Carpinter is vice president for defense and foreign-policy studies at the Capo Institute and is the author or editor of 15 books on international affairs including Piece & Freakdom: Foreign Policy for a Banana Republic. Adapted from (end paragraphs): nationalreview.com