On 06/10/06, Diana Eichert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Fri, 6 Oct 2006, Bob Beck wrote:

>       Unfortunately, fixing the government while maintaining the universal
> democracy that is practically insisted upon by the USA as world
> uber-cop makes that a very difficult task.  Democracy gets you the

wait, wait, it's only insisted on as long as you aren't a Central Asian
Republic, then the curent US Gov't administration gives them as much time
as required to achieve "democracy".

SNIP

"U. S. Foreign Policy - even a child can understand it!" post comes to mind:

http://groups.google.com/group/uk.rec.humour/msg/0059c3a5a272af46

[...]

Q: Why? What does a cruel dictator do that makes it OK to invade his
country?

A: Well, for one thing, he tortured his own people.

Q: Kind of like what they do in China?

A: Don't go comparing China to Iraq. China is a good economic
competitor, where millions of people work for slave wages in sweatshops
to make U.S. corporations richer.

Q: So if a country lets its people be exploited for American corporate
gain, it's a good country, even if that country tortures people?

A: Right.

Q: Why were people in Iraq being tortured?

A: For political crimes, mostly, like criticizing the government.
People who criticized the government in Iraq were sent to prison and
tortured.

Q: Isn't that exactly what happens in China?

A: I told you, China is different.

Q: What's the difference between China and Iraq?

A: Well, for one thing, Iraq was ruled by the Ba'ath party, while China
is Communist.

Q: Didn't you once tell me Communists were bad?

A: No, just Cuban Communists are bad.

Q: How are the Cuban Communists bad?

A: Well, for one thing, people who criticize the government in Cuba are
sent to prison and tortured.

Q: Like in Iraq?

A: Exactly.

Q: And like in China, too?

A: I told you, China's a good economic competitor. Cuba, on the other
hand, is not.

Q: How come Cuba isn't a good economic competitor?

[...]

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