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From: foy@aero.ARPA (Richard Foy)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Re: Whom Should We Believe
Message-ID: <180@aero.ARPA>
Date: Thu, 2-Jan-86 13:17:55 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan  2 13:17:55 1986
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In article <203@decwrl.DEC.COM> mahoney@bach.DEC writes:
>
>  It is these quirks in history that have made Americans so indifferent to the
>  rest of the World.  Our Size and distance and for awhile lack of need of
>  getting involved.  The US had a continent to conquer we didn't need to look
>  else where.  Remember also that George Washington said that two things would
>  be a bane to this country involvement with Europe and political parties.
>  (So far he has been right on both scores) It is our very history and now
>  the power that the US has that makes people not look beyond our own shores.
>
>  Brian Mahoney
I agree with what you say. And after seeing the Peoples Summit on NBC last
night I would add; it is this very lack of knowledge of other peoples
cultures, institutions, people, and history that is a big factor in the
various messes we are in now.