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Subject: Re: Look at the facts.
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Date: Fri, 18-Nov-83 09:02:21 EST
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Name somebody whose foreign policy *isn't* motivated by self-interest.
I doubt you can come up with one country.  The unfortunate thing is
that too many people just don't give a shit about other people's
rights, happiness, etc., and they abuse the power they obtain.

Look at the right: Marcos in the Phillipines assassinating political
opponents.  Look at the left: Russians bayoneting children in
Afghanistan.  Look at the "unaligned": Nkomo tossing Mugabe in jail
now that the people of Zimbabwe have "overthrown the remnants of 
colonial oppresion".  Indira Ghandi declared martial law awhile back
didn't she?

Apologies. I guess I got off the track.  Anyway, the point I would
argue is that nowhere on this planet does a government do anything
that isn't for its own good.  The unacceptable byproduct is
that people's rights are abused in the chess game that's played.

The US has, I believe, a much better record than a lot of other
countries, but sometimes the people we support aren't the model
of "Christian" virtues.

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