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Mon Jun-05-06 09:05 AM
Response to Reply #49 |
| 50. So, a racist foreign policy is ok |
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This thread seems to say, that people think discussing this is divisive, a progressive canard, or that levelling the charge is unfair given the pragmatic history of white expansion in north america and its manifest destiny to rule the planet. And now as the new white empire straddles the planet, with 800 bases and nuclear weapons, it is not just a question of a people, like (and i much concur) japanese, korean and far eastern cultures are extremely racist.
The racism is institutional and we're murdering brown skins on every continent with impunity, with the extraterritoriality laws that US servicemen are not bound to law, above the law, and above the International Criminal court as well.
It is that "our" racism is globalized, legitimized and apologized for here so eloquently, with a good many folks in brute denial that it is a motivation at all.
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| -Is racism a driving force behind foreign policy? |
sweetheart |
Jun-03-06 08:46 AM |
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Nope, it's about money and power. |
justice1 |
Jun-03-06 08:52 AM |
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You are damn right it is. Both of you: Keep the money and power away |
cantstandbush |
Jun-03-06 08:54 AM |
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no this is |
Botany |
Jun-03-06 08:59 AM |
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No, not as a primary force. |
Eugene |
Jun-03-06 09:14 AM |
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Not even close |
Solo_in_MD |
Jun-03-06 09:42 AM |
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You make a good point. |
TWiley |
Jun-04-06 12:24 PM |
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It seems more of an effect, a justification, than a cause. |
bemildred |
Jun-03-06 09:49 AM |
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Racism has nothing to do with it... |
jerry611 |
Jun-03-06 09:52 AM |
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It is a result of divide-and-conquer strategy, |
rman |
Jun-03-06 10:13 AM |
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Racism is a TOOL (a toxic weapon) used by tyrants |
TahitiNut |
Jun-03-06 10:15 AM |
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Racism and prejudice is not limited to the white and powerful |
Solo_in_MD |
Jun-04-06 02:46 PM |
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Those it infects are its victims, too. |
TahitiNut |
Jun-04-06 02:55 PM |
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We do seem to find it easier to bomb brown people. nt |
sutz12 |
Jun-03-06 10:17 AM |
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Yes and no |
Asgaya Dihi |
Jun-03-06 10:23 AM |
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Perhaps its because of the drugs war |
sweetheart |
Jun-03-06 11:04 AM |
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No argument here |
Asgaya Dihi |
Jun-03-06 11:11 AM |
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No. It's about class, not race. |
sparosnare |
Jun-03-06 10:26 AM |
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in a plutocracy, class is income |
sweetheart |
Jun-03-06 08:36 PM |
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It seems that other than the Revolutionary War, the 1812 War, |
Cleita |
Jun-03-06 10:43 AM |
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Spanish-American war |
igil |
Jun-03-06 11:47 AM |
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Korea was a choice |
sweetheart |
Jun-03-06 12:21 PM |
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You seem to be very knowledgable about this. Maybe you |
Cleita |
Jun-03-06 01:14 PM |
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I think that 'institutional' |
igil |
Jun-03-06 11:32 AM |
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Another variable to consider |
Asgaya Dihi |
Jun-03-06 11:50 AM |
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Much of this was dealt with in the '90s. |
igil |
Jun-03-06 12:43 PM |
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Hmmm |
Asgaya Dihi |
Jun-03-06 12:55 PM |
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arrogance and greed know no race with this group. |
ComerPerro |
Jun-03-06 12:23 PM |
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Not to white folks.... |
BlooInBloo |
Jun-03-06 12:45 PM |
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I like your observation |
sweetheart |
Jun-04-06 12:08 PM |
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Racism against blacks is like incest |
951-Riverside |
Jun-03-06 12:56 PM |
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Racism by blacks is also invisible |
Solo_in_MD |
Jun-04-06 02:47 PM |
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It happens in war but isn't the prime motivator |
Terran1212 |
Jun-03-06 12:57 PM |
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Racism is the tool that the Rulers use to distract and divide their |
greyhound1966 |
Jun-03-06 01:08 PM |
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not a reason -- but a tactic |
Douglas Carpenter |
Jun-03-06 01:15 PM |
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I think racism plays a part but... |
Giant Robot |
Jun-03-06 01:27 PM |
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THe definition of class changes with borders |
sweetheart |
Jun-04-06 11:56 AM |
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money (but not for us) |
yurbud |
Jun-03-06 01:29 PM |
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No, the oil industry is the driving force behind foreign policy. |
El Fuego |
Jun-03-06 01:31 PM |
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Arms industry? |
sweetheart |
Jun-03-06 09:48 PM |
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Yes, that too! |
El Fuego |
Jun-04-06 11:03 AM |
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Yes foreign policy has always been driven |
malaise |
Jun-04-06 11:07 AM |
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it is i think far less complex than that... |
bridgit |
Jun-04-06 11:41 AM |
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Is it really? |
sweetheart |
Jun-04-06 02:33 PM |
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sadly, prejudice is not color blind, if while seen as a two way street... |
bridgit |
Jun-04-06 03:17 PM |
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So, a racist foreign policy is ok |
sweetheart |
Jun-05-06 09:05 AM |
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I would say it's more of an ethnic thing |
bloom |
Jun-04-06 12:10 PM |
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Yes, absolutely. |
TWiley |
Jun-04-06 12:16 PM |
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It's always the selling point to the people, for sure. Leaders want $$. |
jazzjunkysue |
Jun-04-06 02:55 PM |
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Yes. |
ellisonz |
Jun-04-06 03:01 PM |
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Its all about mostly white businessmen |
K-W |
Jun-04-06 03:03 PM |
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