> America is much richer today because western Europe and Japan are
> rich trading partners rather than what they we4re in 1945. It's
> possible that keeping other countries poor and barefoot is in our
> economic interest, but most history suggests that it is better to
> have richer countries to trade with than poor countries to exploit...
I agree with you (surprise, surprise). Pepsi doesn't want a third world competitor, but then it doesn't want a first world competitor either...
-- Luke