At 05:24 PM 10/19/2001 -0400, someone wrote:
Retribution will satisfy our need for justice, but it won't make us safer from terrorism.
The terrorists have told us why they attacked America. There are three reasons. Hint: it's not because we're wealthy and good.
If you read the CP archives a bit you'll see I am not clueless in this regard (e.g., the "America need therapy" thread) I fear the maxim "Pride goeth before the fall" may well be nailed to our country's headstone.
We have failed to heed George Washington's advice to avoid entangling foreign alliances. We will only be safer if we heed his advice.
The direction of all recent administrations has been to expand globalization (i.e., interdependency) thus increasing economic risks and narrowing diplomatic choices. In the short term, and we have no idea what the long term consequences will be, globalization as its now practiced has is some ways behaved similarly to welfare state income redistribution, creating dependencies, poverty and resentment.
Thanks for the link to the funny song, though.
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