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Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 9:11 AM
To: John Reinke
Subject: For Consideration
John, a thought regarding our discussion about the U.S. involvement overseas:
“ALL THAT IS NECESSARY FOR THE TRIUMPH OF
EVIL IS FOR GOOD MEN TO DO NOTHING.”
– EDMUND BURKE
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I guess Burke was advocating “making men good” (i.e., behave as we think they should) by killing and occupying them. Killing and maiming will make sure they get the point. Installing our puppets like <pick you favorite tyrant> and, when he get too big for his britches by alluding to pricing oil in other than dollars, over turn him.
Our interventionist policies are what get us into trouble. We allow our gooferment to stick our collective hands in the car door. When it gets slammed on — by others or sometimes by our own gooferment people or their operatives, we are fooled when they “ride into rescue” us. And, as always, the cure is worse than the disease.
Finally, I would assert that Swiss have the porcupine model down pat. The Canadians usually are smart enough to stay out of other people’s business as well. Trading with people, talking to people, free travel between countries these are not “isolationist”. We voted in the Kerry / Bush election for a “smaller gooferment” and a “humble foreign policy” with “no nation building” — i remember hearing those things. MYOB, free trade, free travel, ending the dole, bringing the troops home, sound money, getting the gooferment out of education. These are NOT “doing nothing”.
I’d sum up the argument by quoting Madeline Albright about sanctions killing children.
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Lesley Stahl on U.S. sanctions against Iraq: We have heard that a half million children have died. I mean, that’s more children than died in Hiroshima. And, you know, is the price worth it?
Secretary of State Madeleine Albright: I think this is a very hard choice, but the price–we think the price is worth it.
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1084
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Unless they were your children, then you might hold a grudge.
Republican Presidents have a history before Bush of cleaning up messes. I hope Ron Paul gets a chance to before it’s too late. Frankly, electing one of the other stuffed suits virtually guarantees the End of the American Experiment. And, maybe it’s even too big for him to clean up.
“Dona Nobis Pacem”
:-(
fjohn
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