[Congressman Billybob]

First of all, you ignore the fact that the desire for human freedom is a natural instinct among all people, everywhere. There are many proofs of that, most recently the students in Tiennanmen Square in China who quoted Jefferson and erected a replica of the Statue of Liberty, before the tanks ran them down.

Second, you ignore the history of all the real empires in human history. They conquered. They retained power. And they extracted tribute, originally in the form of slaves but later in the form of tribute. The United States does NOT retain power (witness Japan, Germany, the Philippines, etc.). And, rather than extract tribute, we send aid.

So, exactly as I said, America does not behave like any other empire in the history of the human race.

John / Billybob

[Congressman Billybob]

Although UPI has ceased making its articles available to the public through its own website, fortunately its articles are still available through Google News searches. I thought this article would go up sometime today. Actually, it got published just before midnight last night (Sunday).

Here is the full text of this article, as published on the UPI wire.

John / Billybob