Originally posted by scotty1
No, it's not a *fact*. Don't pick hairs just for the sake of it. It is obvious, and Zim seems to agree with me, and that statement actually took the thread off in another direction for a while. So thanks for playing, come back soon.
Not exactly.
I agree that the rest of the world disagreeing with US policy is a phenomenon, but I have no way of knowing if that is a 'majority of world opinion' or merely the loudest complainers [and maybe you don't either].
I suspect that it's mostly the media establishments of the western European countries coupled with an admittedly large leftist population, but that in no way means a 'majority of the world'.
Secondly. and more important, I attach no moral authority or approval to that phenomenon, since I vehemently disagree with it. I simply note that it exists for reasons of its own.
On edit:
One more point-
This doesn't mean I don't listen to some of the criticisms. What I do is this: I exclude the obvious 'Mad Hatters' and try to hear the solid complaints. When I do this- and compare the real meat to the terroriss' rhetoric- I find it very thin gruel at best.
It is a significant voice, I'll give you that, but it has its own interests which boil down [IMHO] to the very same ones the US is constantly accused of: Hegemony, money, oil, influence, and hatred.
Last edited by ZIM; 12-13-2004 at 09:48 AM.
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