Thanks, Larry. Let me bounce something off you and the rest of the board...there are lots of people--and I'm not necessarily saying I agree 100% with them--who say that American policy has historically been a complete disaster for countless millions of people around the globe. Some will say that even our aid programs are so contrived and riddled with "catches" that they end up being of little real help, and are more geared toward PR than genuine humanitarian aid.
Even Kissinger in his "Does America Need a Foreign Policy" notes that policy must strike a balance between humanitarianism on the one hand, and the quest for opportunity on the other.
My question for the board: has America ever found that balance? Or have we been too focused on the search for opportunity?
This question arises because of your post about Mao...we judge him based in no small measure on the harm he caused his own people. But are we too lenient on ourselves, when it comes to the harm we may have caused other people. They are, after all, not the ones who write our histories...
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gonna get roasted pt. 2
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- 20th century's worst
- Where's Franklin Roosevelt?
- The Rosenbergs???
- The list, except for a pointles inclusion of cilnton, is pretty good
- Kaiser Wilhelm, what did he do?
- re: Kaiser Wilhelm, here's what did he did:
- Kaiser Wilhelm repeatedly asked France what their intentions were.
- re: Kaiser Wilhelm, here's what did he did:
- My take
- man, I'm gonna get roasted for this...
- Maos policies caused the deaths of millions...
- The HM's are ridiculous