You're saying a person's desire for freedom is entirely based on circumstances?
How does that make sense? H. -----Original Message----- From: Howie Hamlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 8:33 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: jihad for kids .. wheeee What if the US wasn't the strongest military and economy on the planet? What if, say, Iraq or Afghanistan under the Taliban were? I bet most people would prefer it the way that things currently are. I'm not saying that our policies are all good but the situation in the World could be a lot worse... Howie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Will Swain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 11:20 AM Subject: RE: jihad for kids .. wheeee > sorry stephanie...you seem to have missed my point. There is a strong > feeling outside of the US that past US foreign policy has conributed largely > to the situations you are describing, and furthermore, that current US > foreign policy is failing to address this issue. > > Also, I think you need to get real as to what the US (and the UK, I don't > exclude my own government from this) was doing in Afghanistan. The Talebans > oppression of human rights was played up to win the media war, and public > support. Retribution, revenge, global policing, oil.....any of these maybe, > but not the protection of human rights. > > will > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
