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From: brkirby@watdragon.UUCP (Bruce Kirby)
Newsgroups: talk.politics.misc
Subject: Re: A Pleasant Precedent
Message-ID: <1388@watdragon.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 11-Sep-86 18:53:40 EDT
Article-I.D.: watdrago.1388
Posted: Thu Sep 11 18:53:40 1986
Date-Received: Mon, 15-Sep-86 05:23:10 EDT
References: <7802361@inmet>
Reply-To: brkirby@watdragon.UUCP (Bruce Kirby)
Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
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In article <7802361@inmet> janw@inmet.UUCP writes:
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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! 

This is a joke, isn't it.  Nobody really believes that the US is going to
be "loved" around the world because they are only willing to give aid to
pro-american dictators, such as Pinochet and Marcos.  The idea of basing
foreign aid on politics rather than need is the perfect way to remove the
US's reputation as an "international bully".  

I compliment you on a fine piece of satire...

											Bruce Kirby
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