Then, let's look instead at this piece of palpable nonsense >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It's shocking to read something like that when one is communicating primarily with Leftists who assure us that there is but one "failed state," and that is the U.S. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< it might be if there were any evidence whatsoever that anyone on this list thought there was "but one 'failed state'" and that that was the US. But of course, there is not. and as for this >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> But it is sobering also, because one tends to forget that the U.S. is a Liberal Democracy. The U.S. advocates and encourages freedom of all sorts. We forget that those who oppose the U.S. do not like Liberal Democracy. They like some form of totalitarianism instead. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< I think it proper to ask, of whom do you speak? If you have in mind "the leftists" here, then, this is both palpable nonsense and a calumny. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lawrence Helm" <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 5:11 PM Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: India's fondness for America > John McCreery jumps to the defense of the Leftists and denies that any of > them regard the US as a failed state. But where was John when the Leftists > were weighing down the US with failed-state attributes? Perhaps they are > more vivid in my mind because I responded to a great number of them and he > did not. Here are the two definitions of a Failed State from Wikipedia: > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html