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Dont tell the citizens of whatever country its a scam
by ABC on Wed Feb 02, 05 12:26pm
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The link between economic and political liberty has been extolled by conservative thinkers for centuries, but you won't hear much about such progress from Neoconservatives, who prefer to stress how desperately the global fight for freedom needs American military power behind it.
And economic bans are of limited use, other than to assuage some politicians' sense of outrage: Several decades of embargos against Cuba have turned Fidel Castro from a young, fiery dictator into ... an old fiery dictator.
Inclusion, though, would mean exposure to change, IMO. Look at the major evolutions going on in China, where economic influences are being felt!
Only trade with democratic nations, provide aid and military support to fledgling democracies, and if we ever do have to invade another country we should install a democratic government on the way out, like we did in germany and japan. We shouldn't go to war for that purpose, but if we have another good reason to go in that should be a definate secondary goal.
OH, come on Cathexis, you know as well as anybody else, that Western leaders don't care about spreading democracy, so it'll never happen.
by aya on Wed Feb 02, 05 7:14pm
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Well, that's true, aya ... but if I can show that the means they use are out of synch with their stated goals, perhaps that will give lie to their agendas.
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