Guest guest Posted May 19, 2003 Report Share Posted May 19, 2003 The instances you quote seem to be bad leaders harming the people in their country. This is terrible, of course. The US/UK governments are causing trouble and warring with other countries for their own gain, not for altruistic reasons. Unfortunately there are a lot of naive people who cannot see beyong the propaganda which is pinned to the end of their nose. Jo > I agree the US has done some serious damage in it's military adventurism > over the decades, but by the same token, I think it's a little too pat and > simplistic to only blame them (or the Brits). I mean, doesn't the Chinese > Gov. under Chairman Mao have to wear some of the blame for the " great leap > forward " , when an estimated 20,000,000 peasants died of starvation and > imprisonment? Doesn't the North Korean Gov. take some of the blame for > letting it's own people starve, when Sth Korea is so (comparatively) > wealthy? And don't people like Milosevic have to own up to war crimes they > and their cohorts committed? By all means, bring the US Gov. to account for > it's sins, but don't let other regimes off the hook with their > responsibility for crimes done in their name. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.481 / Virus Database: 277 - Release 13/05/03 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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