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[James L Westrich II]

>There is no inconsistency or lack of logic in the Cato paper.  The American
>rightwing regards Russia (because of it socialist history and potential
>rebirth) and socialist China as America's fundamental enemies.  US policy
>toward Russia and US "constructive engagement" policy on China are merely
>attempts to moderate hostile trends in these countries.
>Cato's anti-war position over Kosovo is based on the logic of
>effectiveness.  Cato is not against an eventual war with these "threatening"
>nations.  It is only opposed to the wrong battles, in the wrong places and
>at the wrong times, within the definition of which Kosovo falls.
>As Cato fears, the failure of American policy on Kosovo has damaged NATO,
>enhanced isolationism in the US and discouraged future interventionism in
>cases that really "matter".


>The Left, while opposed to the war, can take comfort that the long-term
>impact of Kosovo may in fact contribute to world peace, not because of the
>the success of the moral interventionist policy behind it but because of the
>failure.


>Henry C.K. Liu


>"W. Kiernan" wrote:


>> C. G. Estabrook wrote:
>> >
>> > A distressingly cogent analysis from the soi-disant Right...
>> >
>> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> > > From: Jim_Jatras at rpc.senate.gov (Jim Jatras)
>> > >
>> > > ...and harmed our relationship with Russia, which should be among
>> > > our first priorities -- having vindicated every lie the Soviet
>> > > Union ever told about NATO's aggressive intentions...
>>
>> I hate to sound like a Commie or something awful like that, especially
>> this morning after Memorial Day when, as a U.S. citizen, I ought to be
>> be blur-eyed hung over with patriotism, but how annoying the idea in
>> that sentence.  Mr. Jatras's essay was otherwise pretty reasonable, so I
>> wonder if he was conscious of the illogic there.  What does the word
>> "lie" mean?  If "every" one of them has now been "vindicated," then they
>> were not "lies."
>>
>> Yours WDK - WKiernan at concentric.net