Look, once again - he made absolute statements that the US is not altruistic (at all) and I said that that is not 100% true. And, yes, I can cite examples of US altruism (the offer of compensation to Israel to leave the greenhouses intact in Gaza is a prime example).
Howie --- On Wednesday, August 10, 2005 6:20 PM, Dana scribed: --- > > hmmmm, Howie, while I agree that not everything in the world is > absolute, there is at least some truth to what he says. Check out the > history of United Fruit in Central America. Which would be the origin > of the term banana republic... > > Dana > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:168988 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
