Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/06/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:06 PM 6/11/06 -0400, Scott McLoughlin wrote:
>I'm sure Marc meant to write "I" instead of "us," since by no
>means would he pretend to speak for me or any other Americans.
>
>There are both isolationists and interventionists here in the U.S.
>and various stripes in between. Policy rocks back and forth
>over the decades.
>
>Marc's claim that we are a large country with a big military ("the
>big dog") is true. OTOH, what Marc describes below as "slapping
>down" nations merely for "arguing with us" is *completely* amoral
>and sounds like an excellent start for a war crimes tribunal, IMHO.
>What, Marc, should we blow up France next because we argue?
>Or should we just "slap down" the little nations?
Scott
What I stated was that the average US citizen wants the US to leave the
world alone save when someone attacks us. I have no clue as to how you
derived t he above from my posting. Again and again, I DO wish that folks
would respond to what I actually posted and not to what they believed I had
posted! <he grins>
I am an absolute isolationist. I was discussing what the average USian
citizen believes and advocates rather than expressing my personal views.
Scott, you probably need a refresher in Middle America. Why not visit me
for a week and I'll take you to some diners and beerstubs and the like to
learn what those guys who DO vote actually believe.
Marc
msmall@aya.yale.edu
Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!