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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 08:46 AM Original message |
Is racism a driving force behind foreign policy? |
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justice1 (483 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
1. Nope, it's about money and power. |
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cantstandbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
2. You are damn right it is. Both of you: Keep the money and power away |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
3. no this is |
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Eugene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
4. No, not as a primary force. |
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Solo_in_MD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
5. Not even close |
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TWiley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 12:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
41. You make a good point. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
6. It seems more of an effect, a justification, than a cause. |
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jerry611 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
7. Racism has nothing to do with it... |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
8. It is a result of divide-and-conquer strategy, |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
9. Racism is a TOOL (a toxic weapon) used by tyrants |
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Solo_in_MD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 02:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
43. Racism and prejudice is not limited to the white and powerful |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 02:55 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Those it infects are its victims, too. |
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sutz12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
10. We do seem to find it easier to bomb brown people. nt |
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Asgaya Dihi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
11. Yes and no |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 11:04 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Perhaps its because of the drugs war |
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Asgaya Dihi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 11:11 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. No argument here |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
12. No. It's about class, not race. |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 08:36 PM Response to Reply #12 |
32. in a plutocracy, class is income |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
13. It seems that other than the Revolutionary War, the 1812 War, |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 11:47 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Spanish-American war |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 12:21 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Korea was a choice |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 01:14 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. You seem to be very knowledgable about this. Maybe you |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
16. I think that 'institutional' |
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Asgaya Dihi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 11:50 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Another variable to consider |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 12:43 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Much of this was dealt with in the '90s. |
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Asgaya Dihi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 12:55 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Hmmm |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
20. arrogance and greed know no race with this group. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
22. Not to white folks.... |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 12:08 PM Response to Reply #22 |
38. I like your observation |
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951-Riverside (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
24. Racism against blacks is like incest |
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Solo_in_MD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 02:47 PM Response to Reply #24 |
44. Racism by blacks is also invisible |
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Terran1212 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
25. It happens in war but isn't the prime motivator |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
26. Racism is the tool that the Rulers use to distract and divide their |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
28. not a reason -- but a tactic |
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Giant Robot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
29. I think racism plays a part but... |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 11:56 AM Response to Reply #29 |
37. THe definition of class changes with borders |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
30. money (but not for us) |
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El Fuego (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
31. No, the oil industry is the driving force behind foreign policy. |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 09:48 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Arms industry? |
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El Fuego (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 11:03 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Yes, that too! |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
35. Yes foreign policy has always been driven |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
36. it is i think far less complex than that... |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 02:33 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. Is it really? |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 03:17 PM Response to Reply #42 |
49. sadly, prejudice is not color blind, if while seen as a two way street... |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 09:05 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. So, a racist foreign policy is ok |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
39. I would say it's more of an ethnic thing |
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TWiley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
40. Yes, absolutely. |
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jazzjunkysue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
45. It's always the selling point to the people, for sure. Leaders want $$. |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
47. Yes. |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
48. Its all about mostly white businessmen |
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