A century and a half ago, there was still the philosophy of extreme mercantilism - use your army to take over and establish a colony. Strip the country bare. Rinse and repeat.
I am hoping we are somewhat more enlightened now. On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 11:29 AM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > Then there is the other point of view. > > That intervening makes things worse. > > The point of view which says that Britain "intervening" in the Middle East > centuries ago > has prevented their natural growth and progression and contributed to the > ignorance and oppression in that region. > > Intervening and supporting, in many cases installing, dictatorial and > oppressive regimes has led the Middle East down the path it is on today. > > On 26 June 2012 11:27, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> and it is that attitude that contributes to what happened in places >> like Somalia, Rwanda, Bosnia. The thing is that in the long run it >> does affect you. Aside from the enlightened self interest here, why >> not just do the right and good thing? >> >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:352320 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
