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To: robnhood who wrote (9154)	5/19/1999 11:01:00 PM
From: D. Long	Respond to of 17770

<<First of all D,, I never saw the Russians as being the big threat they were always portayed as.. I saw that they clearly did not have the kind of wealth we had.. To me it was quite apparent that they would need help if one really wanted to turn them into our style of living which for years we portrayed as the only way. It is quite obvious that our policies really do not want to help anyone except our transnational corporations>> Well, once again you make an assumption, that the Russians wanted us to "help them." As a matter of fact, the more advice and money we have given them, the more they resent us. In the end, nobody can help the Russians except the Russians. We can give them the dollars and the know-how, but after that, its up to them. Unlike the former USSR, we do not turn our former foes into proxy states. Funny thing is RR, you insist we should have helped them. The countries we do help, and heavily invest in, you cite as an example of US imperialism and cronyism. And then you turn around and say that not doing so is a deliberate act of sabotage? Should America help others to achieve its level of prosperity or not?