Jim wrote: > I hope that you're right that the word "respect" > has a role in US foreign policy.
No, I don't say it *has*. I just argue that it *should have*. Browse the foreign policy threads on Obama's Citizens' Briefing Book (http://citizensbriefingbook.change.gov/home) and you'll notice an intense anti-imperialist sentiment among those who care to share their thoughts. I'm not saying the thinking is clear. I'm just saying that it's dawning on people how costly the country's militaristic adventures are for them. I think we should contribute to this and show the powers that be how intense the sentiment truly is. If you can articulate that sentiment in ways that are appealing to broader groups of people, more power to you. I don't know how heavy the rate of discount is on point-and-click protests in comparison to the benchmarks here -- armed insurgencies, general strikes, or street demonstrations -- but this can (and should) be combined with the other approaches. Just because we don't observe mobs storming the nearest bank branch (but imagine them instead frantically trying to transfer the shrinking balances of their 401(k)'s online or via an automated phone system), we cannot say that bank runs have ceased to exist. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
