yes. But is that still the way we want to operate. I mean -- Manifest Destiny used to be a doctrine too. That doesn't mean it's a good idea.
On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 4:01 PM, C. Hatton Humphrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The interesting question, then, is do we as a country support > > democratic imperialism? Should we build up a sufficient military and > > State Dept force such that we can prioritize and convert all foreign > > countries into western democracies? > > While not stated using the (somewhat) derogatory terms you've used, > the Monroe Doctrine and Roosevelt's Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine > come immediately to mind. Granted that they were written and pointed > to the western hemisphere, however they can be seen as the grounding > for such activities. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:258425 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
