--- "Marvin Long, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Jul 2001, Jim Sharkey wrote:
>
> > Whether or not the decisions made by the
> administration are right or wrong,
> > and frankly, I don't know that any of us really
> have all the facts on any of
> > these matters, can our President really make a
> statement like that in good
> > consience when he clearly doesn't give one rat's
> whisker what the rest of
> > this civilization thinks, or when he's made it
> clear that he's unwilling to
> > even discuss certain topics?
> >
> > I just wonder what context that quote was made in,
> and if anyone else finds
> > it ironic at all.
>
> Context?
>
> "Dear President Putin:
>
> "Just because I've decided that the United States
> shall unilaterally
> abrogate lots of old treaties doesn't mean we're out
> to get you.
> Since your society has officially transitioned from
> communism to
> kleptocracy, my administration has decided that we
> have more in common
> than not, so we really have very little to fear from
> one another.
>
> "For public consumption, however, I feel it's
> important that we engage in
> a certain amount of brinksmanship. The alarming
> lack of militaristic
> tensions between our two great nations has caused an
> alarming softening of
> our military economies. That's what Dick says,
> anyway.
>
> "Nevertheless, it's important that we have some kind
> of understanding, so
> I'm sending Ms. Rice (aint' she a cutie?) to tell
> you whatever you want to
> hear.
>
> "Best Regards,
>
> "G. 'Wildman' Bush"
>
>
That's great Marvin, glad to see you're giving the guy
in charge of our country the benefit of the doubt.
Maybe Bush has to fix things that we don't see which
mr. popularity screwed up for 8 years.
I see what you're saying Jim, and it doesn't seem to
be far from the truth, on the surface. Take into
consideration that American foreign policy is and has
been more than a little unhealthy for good reason.
When you occasionally offer a helping hand and almost
every time someone smashes it with a hammer, your
behavior can become a bit erratic.
I say enough with the Monday morning quarterbacking,
let's analyze American foreign policy from an American
point of view so that we can better bitch and moan
about what the suits do wrong. then we can start in
on other countries too in the same way, if we're still
up to it. who's in?
dean
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