Next to Powell? Are you kidding me? That's your great hope?
Powell? Lugar? Who's next as your embodiment of rationality, Kissinger? George Shultz? MacFarlane? the Kosovo Liberation Army?
Favorite quote: " Liberalism is a philosophy of the abstract that capitulates before the world of the concrete."
---Hegel.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Pollak" <mpollak at panix.com> To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2002 5:11 PM Subject: Re: Venezuelan strike beginning to fail
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> On Sun, 29 Dec 2002, David Schanoes wrote:
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> > Sad day when Lugar is a beacon of hope.
>
> It may be sad, but compared to Jesse Helms, Lugar is the embodiment of
> internationalism. And frankly, I'm not sure he's any worse than the
> outgoing Biden.
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> I think it's probable in the next two years that he'll be our second weak
> reed of hope in foreign affairs, next to Powell, sad as that may seem.
>
> Michael