Chris Charabaruk wrote: > I'm not American either, they just dictate our policies. Merely for the > fact that they are our neighbours to the south. As far as I consider it, > Ottawa is merely a puppet of D.C., which is a puppet itself to filty money. > > Chris > > > Bamm Gabriana wrote: > >> Um, I can't really follow these sort of discussions because I'm not >> an American. What I do know is that American foreign policy is >> what keeps third world countries in the third world. >> >> >> Michael H. Warfield wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Mar 15, 2002 at 03:31:24AM +0000, DeMoN LaG wrote: >>> >>>> Chris Charabaruk <com.meldstar@coldacid> wrote in >>>> 3C916A25.3010105@coldacid">news:3C916A25.3010105@coldacid, on 14 Mar 2002: >>> >>> >>> >>>>> Yeah, tell me about it. Same people, different parties. Or, as >>>>> many have put it before, same difference. :P Whether it's the >>>>> Republicans or the Democrats who are in 'power', the real sceptre >>>>> is held by the corporate lobby groups, and a nice select group of >>>>> unknown advisors in government agencies such as the CIA. >>>>> >>> >>> >>>> Lewis Black put it best: >>>> What's the difference between a democrat and a republican? A >>>> democrat sucks, a republican blows >>>> >>> >>> Democrats sleep in king size beds (we won't get into who with). >>> Republicans sleep in separate bedrooms. That's why there are more >>> Democrats than Republicans. >>> >>> And the counter to that is... That's also why there are more >>> BASTARD >>> Democrats than Republicans... (Ok... So we did get into it - and so >>> did >>> they...) >>> >>> :-) >>> >>>> -- >>>> AIM: FlyersR1 9 >>>> email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> _ = m >>>> >>> >>> Mike >>> >> >> > >
OK, so there's a bit too much nesting going on here, but: Hey, Chris: I live in /Alberta/, fer crying out loud; people here think this /is/ America. I'm largely in agreement with Bamm: U. S. foreign policy /and/ the IMF have done a wonderful job of keeping Third World countries in the Third World. Hell, they've even /created/ Third World countries (/e.g./, modern-day South Africa). And look at the lovely job they did in Nicaragua. /Et cetera/. What I've never been able to figure out, though, is how on earth their own puppets and strong-men end up turning against them; Osama bin Laden is just the most obvious and most recent of a very long line. Which, of course, makes one wonder just what's behind this new push for a Middle East peace process, let alone the U. N. Security Council's resolution in favour of the creation of a separate Palestinian state. But I digress . . . and this is probably /not/ the most appropriate place for political discussions anyway. . . . -- ?We have seen the enemy and he is us? ? Walt Kelly?s Pogo
