Kakki wrote:
>>Look at our efforts and alliances with men like King Hussein of Jordan, Anwar Sadat of Egypt and even Saddam himself way back in the late 70s - early 80s before he turned mad.<< Might Saddams turning mad be in some small way related (chronologically) to his becoming an enemy of the USA? Or did his madness (is he mad or is he evil, and are these things the same?) become apparent when he became anti-American? And might Noriegas illegal activities in Panama be in some small way related (chronologically) to his becoming an enemy of the USA? In a nutshell my questions are: Is what Saddam is doing now in any significant way different to what he was doing before he went mad, or rather, before he started to be referred to as mad? And was Noriega engaged in perfectly legal activities before he suddenly became a criminal, or rather before he started to be referred to as a criminal? I think the answer to these questions is clearly NO. Lets be honest and refer to these (and many other) people as friends of the USA or enemies of the USA, rather than imputing madness and criminality to them. All this is not to say, of course, that Saddam is not mad, or that Noriega is not a criminal, just to say that whatever their mental health and moral principles, the major changes have been in the definition of their behaviour rather than the behaviour itself. mike in barcelona NP Coltrane. A Love Supreme ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE*
