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To: Dale Baker who wrote (23892)	7/13/2006 3:22:33 PM
From: thames_sider	Respond to of 541319

Interesting article, and to some extent I agree. Two notable demurrals: On Iran, the leaders there have probably been more pushed to go for a nuclear 'shield' by US actions. - observation of how N Korea got left alone - impressed by how easily Saddam was toppled - worried by the very sides many of us here most deplore... the brutality and callousness towards civilians, ignoring of conflicting opinions in the West, and the heedlessness of hideous consequences of our actions, which would appear to have bypassed some of the major checks previously protecting regimes from casual overthrow by the US. And I'd argue that every diplomatic effort in every sphere has been made harder, and every friendly overture less believed, by the "my way or the highway" stance taken even towards allies, still less others. As shown by the Canadian example: if you're going to get no benefit from being the US's friend, why go out of your way to bother...? The UK here is a dishonorable exception, to the extent that we're apparently regarded as a fawning US proxy by much of the rest of the world. And still don't get any particular benefits, as witness the current Enron case and the refusals to allow the UK the technology to maintain the planes it's part-building and paying for...