[Rhodes22-list] Politics: We are not your Daddy!

[Robert Skinner]

Perhaps we need to announce to the rest of the world:

1.  We are not your Daddy.

2.  Talk to us nicely, and we will see what we can 
    do to help YOU deal with YOUR problems.

3.  Anyone who ATTACKS our country or any of our 
    citizens will DIE.  Anyone who is harboring 
    an attacking person or organization may also die 
    as we will go after the attackers very
    aggressively.

    This is not negotiable.  We will not appologize 
    for collateral damage, although we regret that 
    it may be necessary.  If one of our citizens is 
    in the wrong, we will examine the facts and take 
    care of them ourselves.  Our citizens ARE
    expected to BEHAVE themselves in foreign 
    countries.

4.  We are NOT interested in INVADING your country
    or DEPOSING your leaders.  We have enough
    trouble controlling our own leaders and holding
    onto our own properties.

5.  We will not ARM any other country for any reason.
    Our citizens, however, may contribute to any
    cause that is not hostile to the US or its 
    citizens.  This is one of our freedoms.

If there is any part of this that is not clear, please 
address your questions to the US State Department, as 
it is responsible for foreign RELATIONS and the SAFETY 
of US citizens when abroad.

Thank you, and may we all play well together.

/Robert Skinner