At 10:19 AM 2/23/02 -0800 Doug wrote:
>In other words you can be as "evil" as you want as long as you
>either have billions of people or billions in oil reserves.
Is that so wrong?
Does it serve us any purpose to take on *every* evil nation at once?
Would it not be wiser to employ some evil nations to fight each other (thus
putting some of the cost of defeating evil on other evil nations) and also
to be cautious and methodical about tackling our enemies?
Yes, Bush could have called the People's Republic of China a member of the
Axis of Evil like it is (it meets all the criteria, it oppresses its own
people, attempts to exterminate minorities, pursues weapons of mass
destruction, and supplies weapons of mass destruction to unsavory
characters worldwide) but what purpose would that have served? Not only
would it not make a single person better off, it would likely make a great
many worse off.
Best then to do as Bush did, define our enemies slowly and destroy one
before moving on to the other.
JDG
__________________________________________________________
John D. Giorgis - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ICQ #3527685
"Our campaign against international terrorism does not represent some
sort of 'clash of civilizations.' Instead, it is a clash between
civilization and those who would destroy it." -Amb. Richard N. Haass
