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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