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To: epicure who wrote (212512)	1/11/2007 10:55:59 AM
From: Elroy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

You cannot discuss a war meaningfully, imo, if you ignore the causes, and the causes are almost always meddling (or foreign relations, if you prefer.) But some foreign relations are extremely positive, so I don't see how you get your blanket view that we do too much of it and its generally problematic for us. We've had great relations with the Japanese since WW2, for example. All of that can be allocated to the benefits of "meddling" with Japan. If you're not going to lay down with some detail what exactly is not good about the US's foreign relations with other countries, it's really hard to discuss. If you are actually claiming foreign relations harm the US more than help it, then you're nuts. Since the US is now the #1 superpower in the world and the world's largest economy, logic says that US foreign relations throughout history have probably been a net positive for the US. How else did we get to #1?