[lit-ideas] Re: Dark Thoughts on Iraq

 
In a message dated 9/29/2005 1:28:57 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

.   But I don't want to see an
old-style isolationist  US. 


Hi, Judy...
 
Would you explain why you would not?
 
Since we are so disliked everywhere, in some respects <g>, I often  think 
that would be not so bad...
 
I mean--we'd not be the so-called saviors any longer; we'd be focusing on  
our own problems and taking care of our own people; we'd let Others be 
grown-ups 
 in their own countries and [hopefully] their own personal actions would be 
such  that they would move towards collective personal growth and development 
in a  healthy way without our meddling interference; we'd get control, again, 
of our  so-called global corporate world which is draining the world dry and 
hurting the  Earth; we could create that Wall so that the bright smart creative 
illegal  immigrants would have to begin True Reform in their Own Nation of 
Mexico (or  wherever--okay, kind of tough love, but hey...we're talking 
long-term 
health  here of those they love and currently send money home to assist...); 
Europe  would become who it was born to be [and that we long to visit and, of 
course,  there would still be *some* visiting going on...]; etc etc.
 
There is, as you all know, the part of me which IS an isolationist.   and, 
since I cannot fix everything (yet <g>), I'd sometimes like to scale  down so 
that we can fix what needs to be fixed...feed those in our own  neighborhoods, 
etc.
 
and, besides. I'm tired of hearing how horrible Americans are...the  
personality type of me that is not the puzzled 'why don't they like me' says to 
 just 
hole up and run away.  Harden the heart and shift the shoulder and  focus on 
those who are my own...
 
isn't that the way of Confucius?  To take care of 'the  family' only?   
(Granted, part of me says get rid of the federal  government and just be 
nation-states as states, too...okay, counties.   Okay--we want separate from 
Kansas 
City. Eastern parts of counties separate from  Western. Or maybe just feudal 
cities again...)
 
Always desiring to be liked and to hear words of affirmation,
Marlena in Missouri
(also asking for the name of a wonderful dictator throughout history for a  
discussion I had with one of my Citizenship in the World presenters today.  
(we're providing that workshop this weekend as my little way of expanding  
horizons...)

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