liadanslyre

another foreign policy post

sorry.

what do william mcnamara and paul wolfawitz
have in common?
(aside from their involvement in the department of defense...)

both got appointments to the world bank presidency.

it is largely believed that mcnamara got pushed out of the johnson whitehouse cabinet into this post to neutralize his voice of descent to the vietnam war (which evolved over time). i bet there are other takes on why he got pushed out. i wonder if there is more to the story on wolfawitz's appointment.

and by the way- i'm worried.

i'm worried that this john bolton character is bad news.
i think he is really bad news.
thankfully- his confirmation hearing is not just sliding by-
but instead is meeting some challenges.

see- i like the UN.
i grew up in a house where president kennedy was adored
and president truman was as well.

now please don't leave me hate mail comments
about how awful the UN is...
(anne and marcia)
i know that they are lame sometimes.
ok- a lot of the times.

but i think in principle it is an important body in today's world.
in practice they have failed terribly in different generous.
but on the whole they serve to give our world some checks and balances

call me crazy-
but i think it's important to have someone
represent our country to the united nations
who actually believes in the potential of the UN
and doesn't think of it as something that we need to get rid of
so we can do whatever the hell we want.

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here is a leading reason i would like cable. this is my favorite nyt editorialist's documentary. it's called 'does europe hate us?'

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here is something good about american foreign policy i read recently.

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?????????????
day of truth
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oh
and incase you didn't know-
today is the day to let all the gay people in your life
know that you think their sexual practices are wrong.

this is discouraging stuff for me to read.
in part b/c i think it totally misses the boat on what the Gospel is...
and in part b/c i think that it is dangerous
to 'fight for our right' to be heard and to practice the first amendment.

but most of all it seems irrelevant
b/c i don't know that anyone is listening.
and in my mind this day does nothing to cause anyone
to want to listen.

today's chewable vitamin
"when we become aware that we do not have to escape our pains, but that we can mobilize them into a common search for life, those very pains are transformed from expressions of despair into signs of hope"
~ nowen