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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (174706)	8/28/2003 5:56:30 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1583416

Ted, Let me ask you a question.......if you were watching the American war for independence simply as an observer who's side would you have been on? Honestly, I'm not sure. It would have been a struggle between my conservative ways of thinking, which would have led me to be a loyalist, and my perception of England's screwing of the colonies, which would have led me to be a revolutionary. Well, De Genova would have been on the side of the colonists.....the revolutionaries. That's how I understand where he's coming from. He believes all peoples have the right to their own manifest destiny. Had the New World shown great value to the Brits. and the other Europeans, we would have been in big trouble. Thank God we didn't have the 17th century equivalent of oil. The other Europeans would have been very anxious to meddle in our affairs to our disadvantage. We lucked out! De Genova would have wanted us to depose Saddam and then get out.....let the Iraqis determine their own future. Of course, that was never our intent. The Iraqis must be remade in our image. Can you see how egocentric that is and the dangers inherent to that approach? However what I saw it as initially was the first, albeit small, step towards world gov't. I don't doubt that Europeans have grand visions of a world government. But all alliances are formed out of necessity, not out of some ideal of a world utopia. No nation would willingly cede its sovereignty if that nation has nothing to gain from an alliance. True........the Europeans have made sure there is value to being part of the EU. That's why so many countries are applying for membership. BTW I don't think the Europeans see this as the first step in the development of a world gov't. That's my vision...solely. ;~) Besides, the whole idea of a world government is unrealistic ... unless of course racial and cultural lines start disappearing. Oh, and don't forget geographical divisions as well. The world isn't THAT small, you know. Its unrealistic now. It won't be say one hundred or two hundred years from now. Besides, it has to happen if we are to grow and prosper as a race. Its as important to our development as learning to walk on land was. ted