[tiamat]

Burkeman1 wrote: But the US and Australia never advance their interests, never sully their hands with blood soaked dictators, never used covert ops.

And your point is.....?

EVERY nation advances their interests! Just as you (hopefully) try to see to it that your family is safe and has enough to eat. There is no sin there, if tis done honourably. There is less blood on our hands than there might be, and our hands are far cleaner than those of some cheese-eating nations I might mention! Not to mention some Sattrappies in Asie and the Mid-east!

So what if we've used covert ops? This isn't "Chutes and Ladders" and if you think for one second that the oposition isn't and hasn't used Spec Ops on us then you are naive.

Tia

[Burkeman1]

I agree with you. Every nation does advance their interests as they see them. And no nation has "friends". I am just a little sick of this self righteous juevenile anti French bashing. They are doing what they think is in their best interests. We may disagree with them- but no need to pretend that we someone are more pure than they are.