I don’t like Anti-American dictators. My point is that armed big-brother type interventions never work. It’s a waste of time, resources and human lives. The deaths involved are cruel and inhuman.
If we want to sway people to our point of view, we’re better off giving them Coca Cola, McDonalds, Frito Lays, Levis and Hollywood. Commerce is free, enrich American corporations and works every time. Why do you think that Eastern Europe (the New Europe) is embrassing America? They want American business and they’re hoping that we’ll share some of our wealth with them.
Condi Rice recently allocated $300 million (in that ballpark) to give scholarships to Iranians students to study in America. Let them come and see how we live. It’s cheaper and more humanitarian than bombing them.
In Iran-Contra, Reagan contravened the Constitution to try to depose Ortega. Now Ortega is back in power. Why did Reagan waste his time? And talk about hypocrisy! We were giving arms to Iraq so they could fight Iran, but we were selling arms to Iran because we needed money to buy arms to give to the Contras so that they could fight the Sandinistas (Congress had cut off funds to the Contras). Iran in turn used our arms to fight Iraq.
