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To: paulmcg0 who wrote (21531)	7/13/1998 1:34:00 AM
From: James F. Hopkins	Respond to of 94695

Hi Paul; (OT) In world politics, It's not always simple or easy to pick your bed partners. Trying to survive in a world were Extremist and Militants come in all forms, and often wind up holding key positions that allows them to act no better than criminals , who try to hold the world at ransom is more complicated than I have the ability to write about. I just think at this time it's in our best interest to help Russia get on her feet so hopefully they will not find reversing back to an extreme form of communism as the only way out of their problems. But of course if we try to impose an extreme form of capitalism, I'm not sure I would blame them. --------------- It's not so easy to resolve issues and priorities that arrive which often force you to resort to some strange bed partners and tactics such as if your enemy is my enemy then your my friend. It's all to easy to paint with a broad brush or adopt a simplistic solution that looks good but won't work. Almost every issue has to be taken apart, and to put things in a proper context can at times be beyond the power of my reasoning. The thing remember best about IKE was his "Sometimes Kings are not always wise, sometimes they are just there." and I took it that he was refering as much to himself as to others. --------------- Tyrants come in all forms too, some times it's safer to live with the evil we understand, than to rush into the arms of one we know not. Generally most of us tend to favor the underdog in a situation, but how often do we look beyond that to see if the underdog is nothing but a Tyrant wantabe ? My heritage on my mothers side was native American, and as I have spent some time trying to resolve their plight in my mind, I came across much good and bad on both sides, also I have to keep in mind the Indians were not saints, and at times they made war on one another with out the white mans encouragement. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. A quote that is a favorite of mine, Only he deserves power who every day justifies it. :Dag Hammarskjold (1905-1961, Swedish Statesman (U.N. Sec.Gen. 1953-1961) IMHO he was the greatest statesman the world has produced in this century. Jim republic.net