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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