04-17-2003, 10:50 PM
The idea that the US should play a dominant role in the middle east, walking across Arabs and whomever else gets in the way in order to secure a globally dominant position is NOT the same category of idea as Lech Walesa freeing Poland. Rather the opposite, I would say.
This is not dissimilar to the Bolsheviks' crazy ideas of utopian vistas dreamt up in western Europe. Dreams of power and glory. Not ideas for a better future. Yes, they're "ideas". Yes, that's politics. No, that doesn't excuse it.
This is not the (reasonable) urging of people wanting to contain the legitimate threat of Saddam Hussein. This policy of an "increased role" (euphemisms abound) had been articulated by those advocating it, under no more justification than a good old fashioned power grab, before Saddam Hussein ever laid a finger on Kuwait.
Jester
This is not dissimilar to the Bolsheviks' crazy ideas of utopian vistas dreamt up in western Europe. Dreams of power and glory. Not ideas for a better future. Yes, they're "ideas". Yes, that's politics. No, that doesn't excuse it.
This is not the (reasonable) urging of people wanting to contain the legitimate threat of Saddam Hussein. This policy of an "increased role" (euphemisms abound) had been articulated by those advocating it, under no more justification than a good old fashioned power grab, before Saddam Hussein ever laid a finger on Kuwait.
Jester