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I agree with everything Dennis Gunn said, except I didn't say this :
>I do not share GA Moore's apparent belief that the US is right in all 
>things.  But I think the handling of this incident has been pretty 
>good 

I said before that the US has made mistakes - miscalculations, 
heavihandedness, etc. Toppling the elected but leftish government in 
Chile in the 70's and backing the right wing in El Salvador are two for 
example. 

But when you look at the wide range of things the US has needed to take 
care of - Cuba to Korea, Vietnam to Venezuela, Iran to Israel, etc... 
there's chance for mistakes. 

But why is the US has to be the policeman of the world - taking care of 
problems everywhere they crop up. And then if we do 100 good things, all 
people bring up is the 1 bad thing.

And the people making these accusations are from countries which 
conveniently don't put the effort and don't take the risks.

As we know from the music world, its always easier to criticize than to 
create.