My typos are annoying me. The USSR turned into the Khruschev. Whatever. See ya later. > > Short term diplomatic gains kept the world out of nuclear disaster when > Kennedy and the Khruschev squared off. The U.S. conceded bases in Turkey. > Another way of looking at it is that invading Iraq taught the Bushites > something. If it did, at least they had the ability to learn from > experience, which is a good thing. Much needed good will is all important, > unless you really like war, which, given the pattern of the world, would > not be too surprising. > > > > > [Original Message] > > From: P.H.Lundbech <ml@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Date: 2/9/2006 4:40:40 AM > > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Link to "Mohammed" cartoons > > > > On Wed, 8 Feb 2006 23:22:12 -0800, "Lawrence Helm" > > <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > >The official position from the White House is that the U.S. condemns > > >the cartoons but condemns the violence as well. > > > > At first they (including one former president) condemned the > > cartoons trying to use what they then thought was a small > > relatively unimportant matter to gain a little much needed > > goodwill from the arabs. > > > > Then it blew up in their face when embassies were set on fire and > > the US government suddenly found they were supporting the > > terroist regime in Syria. Then suddenly free speech seemed > > important once again... > > > > It has nothing to do with the U.S. as "a voice of moderation". > > They were willing to betray a fundamental principle of our way of > > life for the benefit of some short-term diplomatic gains. > > > > P. H. Lundbech > > Odense, DK > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html