The US bribes and bullies nations as a matter routine policy. This is typically referred to as "American Exceptionalism"
Isn't that a core Republican Party value? An aggressive foreign policy that promotes American philosophy? Wasn't that the entire justification for the invasion of Iraq? "That the World is better off ( so says W) without Hussein"? Is your point, therefore, that you disagree with American Exceptualism (which includes bribing and bullying foreign countries to align them to US policy)? On Feb 16, 2012, at 8:27 AM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > > "A.) That Wikipedia isn't always accurate or" > > Did you mean wikileaks? > > > "B.) That politicians say things in exchange for money or" > > That's a truism. Some would have you believe that all members of one party > do it and no members of the opposition do it, but they would be wrong. > > > "C.) That the US tries to influence others to its policy views?" > > Another truism. > > > "Because none of that seems surprising unless I'm missing something ..." > > Possibly. > > > "Is the point ... " > > more concerned with the policy? Yes. Specifically, the necessity of having > to bribe or bully nations into accepting a policy that is supposedly a > consensus and one that is trying to save the world. > > J > > - > > In other words, a democratic government is the only one in which those who > vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it. - Alexis de Tocqueville > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:347032 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
