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Originally Posted by detbuch
It's about the obvious duplicity that undermines our real objectives.
And which code need I use to translate that sentence?
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No code, it should be quite obvious.
Bush set forth a long-term security strategy based on the assumptions that democratic states are generally more stable, all people want to be free, and that the world "needs" our leadership to help them get there.
I think we'd all agree that the rule of law is a cornerstone element to a stable, democratic society.
By compromising our own values, or violating our own laws or International treaties, we tarnish the very basis of our own argument.
This is glaringly obvious to those who we wish to influence, and therefore quite counter productive.
-spence