Both are, in fact, wrong. I can sum up. To Luke's...

2005-03-21T09:52:00.000-05:00

Both are, in fact, wrong. I can sum up.

To Luke's point. The United States IS the most powerfull, richest nation in the world, but we have neither the money or the military resources to invade everyone who really needs invading. Mayhap Iraq was the wrong choice, I dunno. The answer to that lies in the question of whether or not Syria has WMDs. (Remember Hans Blix's inspectors on the ground held the opinion that Saddam had them and was hidingg them. It's wasn't naked US agression.)

Kryn's rambling tirade: We couldn't ignore RUSSIA since it had plainly stated imperial abmitions towards our treaty partners (the people whose bacon we'd pulled out of the fire in WWII) Russia, with it's population and size could absorb it's losses and roll on. Our Allies couldn't. We could. A job to be done, no one else to do it. Result: Cold War (We won that one, BTW.) CHINA had a little revolution. As a result of that revolution a democracy was born. Not in China. Tiawan. We got firendly with Tiawan, but China wants to rule that island. The US is in a tight spot. We will (I hope) keep out treaty and defened Tiawan, but let's keep something in mind. We, Tiawan, our Australian and Japanese allies ALL view China's posture toward Tiawan with alarm. One could call the Tiawan thing "meddling", but are we really supposed to abandon an alliance? Lastly, VIETNAM. This one is big. I'll try to keep it short. French Colonialism. French kicked out by alliance of two "armies" one leaning democratic the ohther just plain commie. The UN got involved, as did we, saying you two play nice and split the nation. We'll have a referendum to put things right. Both side stonewalled (with backing of both sides of the foreign debate) and finally the North invaded the south. We went to support our allies. And despite our losses, we did a damn fine job. We held the line, pushed back advance after advance. But the North kept throwing lives at our meat grinder. Politically, we couldn't attack for fear that Russia and China would come in on the side of the north. If we could have, we would have won. All of this came about because the French didn't know quite when to let go.

The US has made mistakes, and we aren't always right. (Vietnam really is one. We made some bad calls in the name of protecting the peace. But the French started it.) These two are being too simple, though. (So am I. The full truth is some place in the middle, but closer to my side, I should think. I, at least, have facts.)

Thank you :) The first paragraph of your review h...

2005-03-19T15:20:00.000-05:00

Thank you :) The first paragraph of your review has stuck with me for days now. I love beautiful, extravagant things, but recently I think I've decided that I don't really need to own them. Instead, I'd like to live a simple life in a small, cute house...and go adventuring, to see all the other stuff. I'd like to stay in fancy hotels, and eat expensive, delicious food, and travel to exotic locations, and all that expensive jazz, but I don't feel like I need to have 20 acres of my own, or a huge mansion, anymore. (This is a relatively new development!)

At any rate, the book sounds interesting. Thanks for the recommendation.

Hi Heather. Here's the link I promised to send. Th...

2005-03-19T11:29:00.000-05:00

Hi Heather. Here's the link I promised to send. This little book has been recommended by many counselors for help in nurturing a healthy self-esteem. I have found it helpful and I hope you or your friends do too.

"The Portable Therapist" -- A Review:
http://daltonhammond.blogspot.com/2005/03/how-to-be-happy.html

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