On 3 Aug 2002 at 3:00, Hermit wrote:
>
> Amazing what can happen when you engage with "fanatics" instead of
> isolating them and/or placing sanctions on them. Seems that Turkey now
> outstrips the US in terms of human rights, at least I'd bet that
> Abdullah Ocalan thinks so.
>
> Of course, this could still all go for naught when dubya sets fire to
> the powder keg, but for now it seems that European "butter-barrels"
> are being more successful than US "gun-barrels" at encouraging
> beneficial change.
>
> Is there a general lesson here? One question, can anyone here name a
> single instance where general sanctions have achieved the intended
> effect without blowback? If not, why do we persist with them?
>
Howzabout your own home country, South Africa? Sometimes the
achievement of a goal is worth the blowback. We now count Russia as
a democratic ally; the Muslims were gonna be attacking us Dar-Al-
Harbers anyway.
>
> Regards
>
> Hermit
> [hr]
>
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