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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Thomas M. who wrote (45943)	2/6/1999 2:17:00 PM
From: Merritt	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

TM: We did worse than leave them hanging in the wind, we sent them some of "best" economics professors to make sure they'd really whirl.<G> Too bad the advice they gave them, quit socialism cold turkey, didn't take into account that they lacked the social infrastructure to make the transition work. But I don't know as how we can be blamed for everything that went wrong, there is a Russian government after all. But it's convenient to have someone else on whom to shift the blame. IMHO they got bad advice, but they didn't have to take it. The Chinese decided they needed change, but they elected to use a different model. <<<Our irresponsible and arrogant attitude has earned us enmity in this part of world as a result.>>> I'd agree with that statement except for your referencing it to Reagan/Bush. It just so happens that relations with Russia were much better under their administrations than they are now. Remember how Bush had a consensus for Desert Storm? Did Clinton have Russian support for recent/present operations in the Mid-East...NO. I think it's the present U.S. government's attitude, and diplomatic ineptitude, that's contributed most to how we're now thought of as arrogant by many countries. And I'm not at all sure that perception is wrong. But as the biggest kid on the block, there'll always be others sniping at you, so maybe it's just that the present administration provides such an inviting target.<G>