My country right or wrong.

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Come on, I'd like to think that the governance of nations is conducted at a slightly higher level of maturity than a kindergarten sandpit - doing the right thing should not be conditional on someone else doing it first.

Regardless of what people would like to think, a kindergarten sandbox is a good approximation of all politics. It is why who gets elected is a relatively trivial point compared to the momentum of the games being played. Countries are run by assholes who are more hung up on their juvenille games of dominance and greed than on the good of the whole.

I also think it is not much about doing things first as it is about looking good.

" . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

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The fact that nearly ever one of them makes Narcissus look humble and most would probably qualify as sociopaths doesn't really help, either.

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Missed this post, did we?

No, I didn't miss it. My post was directed at Streetscooby, whose inane post seemed to imply that Kallend didn't have have the right to raise the question.

Do I expect other countries to take responsibility for their past behavior? No. But I think the world would be better off if they did so. People (and I believe countries) are generally better able to improve on their future behavior if they acknowledge past mistakes.

Don

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