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Subject: A Pleasant Precedent
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Date: Wed, 10-Sep-86 00:17:00 EDT
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Zimbabwe's leader Robert Mugabe, speaking at the non-aligned
meeting in Harare, denounced the Libyan raid and the US support
for the Angolan insurgents as acts of "international bullyism".
In a very short while, he learned the happy news: the USA stopped
bullying his country with any further foreign aid.

People often ask why there's so much anti-American sentiment
abroad. Why, it's because this kind of normal and sane response
has been so rare on the part of the State Department.

But is this the way to make us loved? Yes, it is: in many places,
people know about the USA mostly what the national  leaders,  and
controlled  media, tell them. If the leaders get the incentive
not to vilify the US, that makes a difference.

Foreign dictators sure  have  the  right  of  free  anti-American
speech  -  but  not  paid for by the American taxpayer!