----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick Arnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 2:09 PM Subject: Re: Br!n: Re: more neocons
> On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 13:39:09 -0500, Dan Minette wrote > > > Not that presumption, but the presumption that the weaker the > > country, the more moral the country. > > I have no arguments to support such a notion. The United States is much richer and more powerful than China, France and Russia. Thus, because the motives of the rich and powerful are more suspect than those less weak and less powerful (which you said), then it follows that the opinions of countries that have smaller GDP and less world power are more reliable. Me, I'd discount Russia's and China's government's opinion from the start because China is still a dictatorship and Russia is moving back that way....as well has having supported the genocide in the Balkans....blocking any UN effort to be effective there. France's record over the last 25 years seems to me to be poorer than the US's. What I hear you saying is that, since I'm rich and live in a powerful country, I can't trust my judgment. That was consistent with your eschewing analysis. It's a self consistent position. Now, I'm all confused again about what your position is. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
