Howie Hamlin wrote: > > 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.
I like the idea, but I would draw a different conclusion. This time it is oil, next time it is copper (the world is running out of it, to much wiring for computers I suppose). Or it is that somebody starts a war against somebody else, who you don't like (where and why did Osama get his training?). Or it is personal favors. It is time to recognize that the only long term interest of any Western country is the democratic and peacefull development of every other country. And it is time to act upon that, regardless of whether a country has oil, gold, copper or nothing. No more short term thinking of supporting one dictator against another one we like even less (remember all of the Western World supported Saddam against Iran in the eighties?), but accepting the short term consequences for the long term benefits. And yes, if one of the consequences is that oil will soon be $40 a barrel, I am perfectly fine with that (although I definitely won't be attending DevCon in that case). Jochem PS Howie, line length please :) -- Decisions are all about consequences. ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
