One more time I have to bring up Ron Suskind. I listened to his interview by Amy Goodman about his new book: The Way of the World. He is intelligent, knowledgeable, and hopeful. His main point in the interview is that because of all the lies and manipulation by the Bush administration America has lost its authority in the world. This is serious, and has consequences - now other powers feel like they really don't have to listen to Americans talk about "human rights" and "democracy" because they have not followed the same principles themselves. Example: in Georgia one Russian soldier was interviewed about attacking and occupying the country; his reply: "If America can take Baghdad, why can we not take Tbilisi?"
-T
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