On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 13:11:03 -0800, Gunner Asch
wrote:


The fact of the matter, we could have simply sat on our hands and
watched the rest of the planet murder and enslave us.


Addendum.,."enslave each other"




"Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire.
Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us)
off in job lots is hardly empire building, particularly when you give
them self determination under "play nice" rules.

Think of it as having your older brother knock the **** out of you
for torturing the cat." Gunner