You cut out a list of other ways that the US is involved in the transition over there.
> ... The US finally paid off its arrears (at least allegedly in theory)
> and this supports peacekeeping everywhere, which somehow necessitates 'good'
> foreign policy from the US--whose foreign policies and vast military
> deployments are mostly unlinked to UN peacekeeping.
Supporting peacekeeping *is an instance of good foreign policy*.
All I wanted to point out is that the US is often involved in good as well as evil. I've also mentioned that American culture is good as well as evil. That either of these are controversial points indicates that I am on the wrong list. The only other place I would expect to find such a black and white view of the world is an NRA mailing list.
> John Pilger and some other brave Australian journalists (some who were
> murdered by the Indonesian troops or militias) report something quite
> differently about US and Australian dithering as well as about irresponsible
> UK arms sales to the Indonesian government.
Dithering. That's a sign of the deepest, most heinous evil imaginable.
> >Really. Name three places where >the US has militarily deposed a
> >democracy in favor of a >dictatorship in the last ten years.
>
> Why answer questions about history and current events from alternative
> universes?
I didn't ask about alternative universes. I was told:
> When you elect people the US gov't
> likes then you can have a Republic. But if you don't follow orders then a
> dictatorship gets imposed.
I'm asking for evidence of this charge. I don't see how it would require alternate universes!
>...
> Can Canadians like you ever stop vacillating between an overly simplistic
> anti-Americanism and an equally overly simplistic America worship? Seems
> unlikely. You'd have to KNOW something about the US first. I'm sure, Paul,
> you do lots of business in the US and therefore America is great.
So the fact that I feel that the US is a force for both good and evil in the world means I "vaccilate." And the fact that I am a Canadian makes me an unworthy commentator on America. I guess only Americans have unbiased views on it. Or perhaps only Nicuraguans. Or something.
Just in case you hadn't noticed, you are starting to attack me personally which suggests that you are taking the whole discussion personally. Why?
Paul Prescod