Gautam said: > So how about some credit where it's > due, actually? That would be a nice, refreshing > change from what we usually get from Europe.
You'll notice that in the email you quoted I described the American contribution as "vital". For that matter, Lend-Lease aid to Britain and especially to the Soviet Union was a vital contribution to the defeat of the Third Reich and Marshall Plan aid an extremely important contribution to the post-war material wellbeing of Europeans. For all of this, those of us in Europe owe the US a great debt. Nevertheless, saying that European-style foreign policies are worthless isn't true given the existence of a European Union built using those methods. Whether these methods will work further afield is debatable, but then so is the universal efficacy of overwhelming military force in solving problems. Rich _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
