25 years ago in reason."A knee-jerk return to being the policeman of the world, ... to manipulating the internal policies of other countries to prop up or install 'pro-American' leaders without popular support, is not an appropriate policy for a country professing pro·fess v. pro·fessed, pro·fess·ing, pro·fess·es v.tr. 1. To affirm openly; declare or claim: "a physics major a commitment to freedom." --Robert Poole Jr., "Post-Afghanistan Foreign Policy" "The SALT treaties bring us closer to the brink of war by continuing the policy of Mutually Assured Destruction." --U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, "SALT-Free Defense" "I was surprised to learn how few businesspeople knew about a private telecommunications network A telecommunications network is a of telecommunications links and nodes arranged so that messages may be passed from one part of the network to another over multiple links and through various nodes. ... operated by two private companies, MCI (1) (Media Control Interface) A high-level programming interface from Microsoft and IBM for controlling multimedia devices. It provides commands and functions to open, play and close the device. (2) (Microwave Communications Inc. and Southern Pacific Communications." --Mark Skousen, "Slash Your Telephone Bill" "Murders and kidnappings take place all the time in American cities without evoking bellows bellows, expansible, gas-tight chamber used to pump or store a gas. One of the simplest and most familiar types of bellows is the manual one used for providing a forced draft to a fire. The expansible chamber consists of a leather bag with pleated sides. of fury and indignation from the American masses. No, the motivation is not compassion or justice but jingoism jingoism (jĭng`gōĭzəm), advocacy of a policy of aggressive nationalism. The term was first used in connection with certain British politicians who sought to bring England into the Russo-Turkish War (1877–78) on the side of the , the feeling that the national honor--that is, the honor of the American nation-state--has been offended." --Murray N. Rothbard, "Collective Guilt in Iran" |
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