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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