Posted by sigismund on September 13, 2011, at 17:53:26
In reply to Re: 9/11 » jane d, posted by floatingbridge on September 13, 2011, at 13:24:00
The view from outside will always be different. It is such a big subject: the rights and wrongs of empire. You seek to strengthen the hand of the Gaullists against the communists by preserving the French Empire and you end up in Vietnam, during which I grew up. You were either for or against it, and the tonnages were what impressed or dismayed you. It's too big, hey? Like the USA maybe? Big country, lots of different people. Australia will be too big soon. An American friend once wrote to me that the US is subject to religious fevers (or something like that).
Thank you, fb, for that. I was especially interested in the soaring eagles cropping up in the essays. Where did that come from? Very interesting. We have different things, not least of which is an alcohol problem.
poster:sigismund
thread:996466
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/poli/20090821/msgs/996670.html