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Re: world mandate (Re: Why start with Iraq? - (Re: Iraq, Dictators, and Peace))
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 27 Sep 2002 17:23:56 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:
> >
> > I suppose it is obvious to everyone except Scott, but I'm not defending U.S.
> > actions to any particular degree,
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> ...but you (& Chris) do share Bush's unilateral outlook to some
> degree, that is what I don't agree with.
What do you mean?
I think you might mean that I am more concerned with the fate of Americans at
war than others. If that's right, then I guess I do agree. Not so much on a
philosophical level as on a gut reaction level.
One random stranger is equally valuable to me as another, regardless of their
national origin -- all things being equal. But all things aren't. I tend to
guess that a random US citizen is more valuable to me (based on the likelihood
that that person can entertain me) than is a random foreigner.
But you might also mean that I think we should be cowboying around the middle
east without building a coalition. If that's what you mean, then I don't think
so.
And I almost wholeheartedly agree with you about the role of US in the
middle-east peace process.
Chris
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