Actually, and I'm no Buchanan fan, he does make some valid arguments. When we were attacked on September 11, I remember hearing GW Bush saying that we were attacked because these people hate our freedoms. I also remember thinking about what a crock that was. We were not attacked because these people hate our freedoms - that was a pathetic attempt to keep us from examining our foreign policies; from asking "why?"
I am convinced that our foreign policies brought terror to our shores, plain and simple. Although I'm not in any way advocating isolationism (and I really don't think that Buchanan is either), I think we really do need to rethink things. For example, we are in Saudi Arabia and that country is ruled in a way that is completely against our stand on human rights. And, do we protest this like we do to other nations? No, we don't. The next question is "why?" and the answer is plain - we need oil. This lust for oil is our biggest proverbial albatross. Our foreign policy is influenced tremendously by this simple fact. What we really need is an administration that has the foresight and the strength to change our domestic dependence on foreign oil. We are the most advanced nation on the planet and we should be investing more in lessening our dependence on oil. It's time that our government pointed this out plainly and did something about it. Believe me, I'm as patriotic as anyone and I love my country but it's dead wrong to make excuses as to why we were attacked - reasons that make no sense. Howie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Howard Owens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2002 2:37 PM Subject: RE: What Price the American Empire > Here's my response to this column: > > http://www.globalnewswatch.com/index.cfm?action=full_text&ARTICLE_ID=280&CAT > EGORY_ID=12 > > Pat Buchanan is an idiot. > > H. > > ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
