Doug, on your part this is like the pot calling the kettle black. :o)
Marta I'm sorry you feel that way. You may have noticed that the world is slipping toward war, possibly world war. The Yugo Serbs have asked for a halt in the bombing and are willing to accept a UN Peacekeeping force, and it has been reported they will accept NATO troops under a non-Nato UN command. How much more do policy makers like Talbott want to humiliate the Serbs? If this over-educated character actor Talbott is acting out his own "delusion of grandeur" or if the root of his problem stems from a problem with his parents problems let's not make it our nation's problem.
If I were a Polish politician I would be very concerned---because down the road they could be next. It's like I told a Serbian American pal, " when they get done with Iraq, Serbia is next."
Btw, has anyone noticed the border war between India and Pakistan. Or the recent shuttle diplomacy with North Korea. Or the great discovery that after 25 years of studying in America's best technical schools that the Chinese may have learned something! Not to mention that the Chinese invented the compass, gunpowder, printing etc. etc. on their own!
Your email pal,
Tom L.
Doug Henwood wrote:
> Marta Russell wrote:
> >
> >
> >Tom Lehman wrote:
> >
> >> For you Canadians who are reading this, Talbott is the guy who looks
> >> like Duke in the Doonsbury cartoons. Strobe Talbott looks to me like a
> >> fetal alcohol syndrome case, of course I have to reserve judgment
> >> because I've never seen him in person(?).
> >
> >So what if he is a fetal alcohol "case". That has nothing to do with his
> >politics or his affiliations. Tom, you know this ??? Your comment
> >reminds me of Marc Cooper denigrating Bob Dole by calling him Captain Hook
> >because Dole's hand was messed up in the war, and Arianna Huffington at
> >the Kosovo Teach-In referring to some of Clinton's advisors as "dwarves."
> >
> >I know several "dwarves" and they are brighter and more honest than
> >Huffington.
> >
> >Really people, when is everyone going to finally get it that using
> >someone's body characteristics as a reason to dislike, demean or
> >politically assault them is childish. I would suggest you examine your
> >own hang ups to find out what this inclination is really about.
>
> Yeah, Tom, and while you're at it, think about the Polish jokes and your,
> um, flirtations with anti-Semitism.
>
> Doug