Re: Moral Equivalence RE: American Attitudes L3

[John D. Giorgis]

At 10:46 AM 5/29/01 -0500 Steve Sloan wrote:
>I haven't figured out a way to bring the idea of the US
>choosing which countries were worth fighting over into the
>analogy. A little help, please? :-)

When the bully picked on other bullies, the principal would still defend
them from the really big bully.

Additionally, countries that were too far away for us to help are like
children who are picked on by the bully at the drug store after school.
Once they leave our area of influence, i.e. our "school", there is not much
we can do to help without going "nuclear", by say calling in the police,
lawyers, etc.

JDG
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