>It's part of the new race to the
> bottom, the downward harmonization of moral standards.
>
> Jim
>
Don't forget that it was Churchill who first proposed gassing and
bombing
Iraq in 1919. The idea that there was ever an upward harmonisation is
surely
illusion.
Mark
I think these things go in cycles. Back when the US faced superpower competition from the USSR, both sides had to try to look good internationally, causing a temporary upward harmonization.
JD
