At 10:14 AM 4/12/2005 -0400, Bob Chassell wrote: >JDG wrote > > ... let's consider a reasonable definition of the US's friends as > being those countries with which the US has a formal Alliance ... > Of the 32 or so of these ... > >That fails to provide much legitimacy. It is the same argument as >that in favor of the United Nations.
You may recall that I was not seeking to provide legitimacy. I was simply rebutting the proposition that the US had not listened to the opinions of its friends in the run-up to the Iraq War. JDG _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
