----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Grimaldi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 1:07 PM Subject: Re: US Releases National Security Policy Statement
> > > > "It is really a significant departure, not just from > > the containment doctrine but from widely accepted > > American principles such as: America will not strike > > first," Buchanan said. "And to elevate it to the > > status of a doctrine--without incorporating specific > > examples of a clear and present danger--that's a > > novelty. It's going to take a while to sell it to the > > foreign policy establishment." > > That, in a nutshell, is why I think that what Bush > is trying to do is a bad idea and a dangerous road > to travel. We should not be in the business of > determining another soveriegn country's government > and leaders. Nobody should, for pretty much the > same reason why we do not and should not perform > assasinations of leaders we dislike. You made a universal statement, which makes me think of the exception. What happens when an unelected government is committing mass murder against its own people, and the US has a chance to intervene. Are you saying that it is always wrong to intervene? Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
