[gjenkins]

"I suppose you probably think that just sitting at home and comtemplating the lint in our navels would be consequence-free?"

Withdrawing from the world is just as self defeating as pragmatism in foreign policy. We are supposed to be different than them, but we aren't when we do things like this. Furthermore, pragmatism is their game, and they will win it played on those terms. We represent the moral high ground, but we do not if we are scared to live it.

[Zviadist]

We represent the moral high ground,

Tell that to the Albanians, who saw the US support a communist coup in 1997. Tell it to the Serbs, who saw our "bombs for peace" up close and personal. Tell it to the Belarusians, who see the US demanding that an election be overturned in favor of a former communist Central Committee member. Tell it to the Croatians, who saw the US undermine a conservative, anti-communist party in favor of the current communist coalition government. And so on and so on. But go ahead, keep your fantasies and keep your ignorance. I am sure it is nice and comfy for you to believe this. Unfortunately the facts point to a different conclusion. But hey, why let the facts get in the way of your fantasy?

[sneakypete]

Was your post directed at me by mistake?