From: Dehede011@aol.com
Date: Sun May 04 2003 - 06:55:24 MDT
In a message dated 5/4/2003 2:48:49 AM Central Standard Time,
paatschb@optusnet.com.au writes: Ultimately if there is to be international
law that means anything someone has to be able to convince ordinary voting
Americans that that is something *they* should care about.
Brett,
You have gotten to the crux of the your misunderstanding. The
ordinary American in overwhelming numbers does care about international law.
They have long been devoted to the love of international law.
But that same American does not see his country receiving
international law. I think we see French and German conduct as avaricious
not as lawful -- there are others involved but those are the leaders.
When you state lofty European positions attempting to "reason" with us
we do not hear you as reasonable. We hear only a person that is doing one
thing strictly for his advantage and trying to talk us into harming ourselves
for his advantage. As I said before, "Phony baloney."
As before, I am sorry to be on the other side of this subject from
you. But I think it is long since time for Americans to take up the European
policy of looking out for their own good, not that of others. Believe me you
do not want to use superior European morality to make your point with most
Americans at this time -- that coin is made of lead and won't buy you the
hole out of a donut.
Ron h.
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