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- Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 16:08:19 CDT
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- From: "Renato Barahona" <U17801@UICVM.BITNET>
- Subject: Re: U.S Military Intervention
- In-Reply-To: Message of Fri, 4 Sep 1992 09:52:00 EDT from <DGPAZ@CLEMSON>
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- On Fri, 4 Sep 1992 09:52:00 EDT <DGPAZ@CLEMSON> said:
- >On Thu, 3 Sep 1992 23:02:00 EST YONI@BROWNCOG.BITNET said:
- >> Currently I am begining my research on the topic se of
- >> of whether U.S Military
- >> Intervention in the internal affairs of other countries is justified.
- >> I am interested in discussing the "values" and "justification" of sending
- >> U.S Military to other countries. a
- >> SO in this letter I have basically touched on the points
- >> of values, causes, justifications, legitimacies, etc.
- >> I am interested in hearing the list's response.
- >
- >I at once reached for my Thucydides, and
- >turned to the Melian Debates:
- >
- >"For ourselves" {said the Athenians}, "we shall not trouble you
- >with specious pretences . . . and make a long speech which would
- >not be believed; and in return we hope that you . . . will aim
- >at what is feasible, holding in view the real sentiments of us both:
- >since you know as well as we do that right, as the world goes,
- >is only in question between equals in power, while the strong
- >do what they can and the weak suffer what they must."
- >
- >THE STRONG DO WHAT THEY CAN AND THE WEAK SUFFER WHAT THEY MUST
- >
- >That pretty much sums up intervention in the affairs of
- >other states.
- >
- >Denis Paz
- >dgpaz@clemson.bitnet
-
- Denis,
-
- That Thucydides was one smart cookie!
-
- Renato
-