I wrote: What of the US policy toward the Soviet > Union > and the Communist China, for example ? Apart from a > couple of military adventures like Korea and > Vietnam, > where the US faired rather poorly, much of the US > policy toward the Communist block could be described > as appeasement. *Not really, but by using the standards you apply to the current situation. O.K. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html