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Originally posted by Rob Kamphausen:
ill respond, even at risk of my previous 4-time-repeated-wcw-like-champion-post being passed over yet again.

i'm definitely all for the "we help others" mentality. personally, i think its the right thing to do. i do think that we shouldnt do it at our own expense, but like it or not, we're "superman" from the "justice league" (or, perhaps more aptly, "super-friends").

however, in this shitty lil world of ours, no matter what we do, its a lose-lose-lose-lose scenario.

i.e; israel vs. palestine.

we help out israel too much? palestinians and all their respective supporters all over the world are pissed, and we're fuck ups for trying to help israel, which is obviously just to help our own cause.

we help out palestine too much? israelies and all their respective supporters all over the world are pissed, and we're fuck ups for trying to help palestine, which is obviously just to help our own cause.

we help them both out too much? we're focusing too much on spreading (forcing) "american idealism," which is obviously just to help our own cause. people all over the world think that we should just butt the hell out.

we help ourselves and butt out? we're focusing too much on ourselves and being conceited, which is obviously just to help our own cause. we care only for americans, and people all over the world think that we're protentious ass holes.

chose your poison.

and i guarantee ya, no matter which selection is made, there's a "jack, the little death" to point out all its flaws, and how horrible we are.
You mean facing criticism is a good reason not to do the right thing?

I'm a fan of Clinton because he had the courage to try and do the right thing by trying to resolve that dispute, even if it meant taking abuse for it if he failed, by being an honest and impartial broker between the two sides.