Re: globalization of fear

From: Brian D Williams (talon57@well.com)
Date: Tue Aug 13 2002 - 10:08:44 MDT


>From: "Eliezer S. Yudkowsky" <sentience@pobox.com>

>>Brian D Williams wrote:
>
>> The rest of the world wants more say so than it gets, and it's
>> miffed that the U.S. won't go along with THEIR plan.
>
>> We get criticized for acting in our own best interests by
>> countries that are acting in their own best interests.

>Quite probably. But you know whose side I'm on, and I'm not
>particularly happy with US foreign policy either. Not that I
>expect it to care. But regardless of how many people are speaking
>from partisan beliefs, the nonpartisan view still exists and I
>think that from that view, the current changes are not going in
>the right direction.

I would tend to agree, the White House is split between Powell and
company who are too far left, and Chenney and company who are too
far right, and despite this we don't get the correct policy.

Simple and fair is all we need.

Brian

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