Hi Keith,
It's too bad you didn't read beyond the 2 'givens' that Chomsky stated at
the beginning of his radio transcript that I sent to FW recently. He made
full use of his freedom of speech and access to information. What you find
tendentious in Wade's article Chomsky supports with facts based on his
tenacious document supported research. Iran/contra is a perfectly
documented example. How do you make sense of that bit of history?
Brian McAndrews
At 07:32 PM 1/4/2002 +0000, you wrote:
>Hi Brian,
>
>You would have to go a long way to find a more tendentious article
>("America's Empire Rules an Unbalanced World" by Robert Hunter Wade).
>
>I feel as an English taxpayer (who is partially paying for Professor Wade's
>salary) I should apologise to any Americans on FW list for this travesty.
>
>The US is far from perfect, is just as selfish in protecting its own
>interests as any other country and perhaps flings its weight around
>somewhat more than most, but I still prefer to think of it as basically
>decent-minded and trying to help the world rather than abuse it. It was
>American generosity (Lend Lease) that helped Europe get on its feet after
>WWII. And it was American generosity in allowing Japanese imports into the
>country that allowed Japan to get on its feet also. It was American support
>of NATO that prevented most of Western Europe collapsing into the arms of
>the USSR -- and look where we would be if that had happened.
>
>If there is going to be the sort of unpredictability that Geoffrey Owen
>forecast in the article I copied into FW ("The Age of Enterprise"), then
>you can be sure that America will probably suffer (with the possible
>exception of China).
>
>Keith Hudson
