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utabintarbo · 05-16-2007

You are missing the point that one may act in one's best interests without acting against another's interests.

If leader X acts in his country's best interests, fine, that is his job. If leader X acts against the interests of country Y, it is in country Y's best interests to make that stop. This may not be in country X's long-term best interests. Get it?

05-16-2007	#7 (permalink)
utabintarbo Dog of the Soul Crusher Join Date: May 2007 Location: Sterling Heights, MI Posts: 569	Re: Rudy Giuliani Assails Venezuela's Chavez You are missing the point that one may act in one's best interests without acting against another's interests. If leader X acts in his country's best interests, fine, that is his job. If leader X acts against the interests of country Y, it is in country Y's best interests to make that stop. This may not be in country X's long-term best interests. Get it?
	In case it wasn't apparent, sarcasm is yet another free service I offer. Pacifism is a shifty doctrine under which a man accepts the benefits of the social group without being willing to pay -- and claims a halo for his dishonesty.---- Robert A. Heinlein