In a message dated 9/11/2002 10:23:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time, rossicaio@h... writes:
> As for the other countries, there's this stupid and unacceptable argument > stating that those people, although not directly guilty, deserved, as > "Americans", to pay for the thousands of deaths your State/Empire has > caused > around the world, including its financial support for Milosevic, The > Taliban > and Saddan Husein while that was considered politically advantageous. >
as a firm believer in the sacrament of divorce, i don't hesitate to point out that what seemed like a good idea once, may no longer be.
caio wrote:
"But I think the most important is to warn Mike that that "you're either with us or against us" has caused the US to lose all the little support worldwide anti-Americanism (which is as stupid as that utterance) allowed it to have right after the attack. It's always cited as a confirmation of how self-centered you are. That was maybe the biggest of Bush's diplomatic faux pas."
maybe not a churchill for the new millenium but, we all have self interest at heart. if all the water buffaloes would turn and charge the pride of lions, lions would soon be considered herbivores.
mike
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