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?
[...]
