debates

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

>On Wed, 11 Oct 2000 22:08:24 -0400 Michael Yates <mikey+ at pitt.edu> wrote:
>
> > Listening to Gore and Bush talk about foreign affairs sent me right to
> > the remote to tune in the baseball game. What disgustingly blatant
> > imperialism.
>
>True enough. There was one subtle difference which might amount to nothing.
>Bush aruged that foreign affairs should be about "us" in every circumstance.
>Gore, at least, mentioned humanitarian reasons. If we stick to the rhetoric,
>and by all means, let's stick to the rhetoric, Bush is obligated to intervene
>*only* when it is profitable while Gore's position opens up a space for
>intervention in the name of 'humanity' (hence, his comments about values)
>[yeah, i'm struggling for a needle here]. For instance, Gore mentioned that
>genocide needs to be stopped, for humanitarian reasons - he then asked Bush
>about this - and Bush basically said no, that the "US" shouldn't be involved.
>Although this might not amount to anything, there is a substantial difference
>here.
>
>& the political,
>ken

Vote for Bush, then.

Yoshie