Originally Posted by aklim

Properly managed constructive engagement is a nice idea. I hear it is practiced in Utopia with great results. Send me a postcard when you get there with directions. I have yet to see someone do it once you get into the down and dirty of each country so maybe you and John Lenon can sing about "Imagine" but I have yet to see it here. Pick a country you like, any country and if you go live there and honestly look around, you will find that it too peddles influence in one way or the other. the only difference between US and Great Britain or Germany or France, etc, etc is that we are bigger and get more notice, plus we have our own people helping others to beat us up.