I wonder if Vietnam was an example if "hard power", as he liked to call it. That war, after all, was a result of that administration's policies on containing the "domino effect".
----- Original Message ----- From: Andy Ousterhout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 4:59 pm Subject: RE: Empire-Building > Thanks. I like the fuller version better. > > If Powell wasn't so damn smart, he'd run for President. > > Andy > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 5:40 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Empire-Building > > > http://www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/powell.asp > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Andy Ousterhout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 4:21 pm > Subject: Empire-Building > > > When in England at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was > > asked by the > > Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an > > example of empire > > building by George Bush. > > > > He answered by saying, "Over the years, the United States has sent > > many of its > > fine young men and women into great peril to fight for freedom > > beyond our > > borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for in > > return is enough > > to bury those that did not return!" > > > > It became very quiet in the room. > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
