[Rodrigo Vronscki Ricardo]

	"Feeling important" is for the people. To the governments, the
important is the money. Australia just went to war for the same reason
Turkey, Spain and others are coming in: Everyone wants a piece of the
cake.
	It sounds a lot infantile that someone would "free" the people of
a country if it is not lucrative. Hitler used to say: The bigger the lie,
the more people will believe it.

It's sad to see those bombs droping.

On Mon, 24 Mar 2003, Miron Mizrahi wrote:

> Hi,
>
> the reason, IMO, Australia entered the war is simple. It (or at
> least its govt.) craves recognition. Paul Keating (an ex. Aussie PM)
> called Australia, a few years ago, "a pimple on the arse-end of the
> world". this is a rather unpleasant way to think of oneself, but it
> is, IMO, not far from the truth. and as such, it is a tough pill to
> swallow. no one likes to think of themselves as inconsequential. but
> the fact of the matter is that in most world affairs Australia is.
> for decades Australia saw itself as an extension to Britain. it is
> only in the last few decades that the truth has sunk in - Britain
> does not give (cricket and rugby aside) a rat's ass about Australia.
> more and more Aussies began seeing themselves as part of AsiaPac and
> have sought to find their affiliation with it. I believe a lot of
> progress has been made in this direction but Australia is still far
> from being a true part of AsiaPac. so it is kinda stuck in limbo. on
> one hand it prefers to be a part of the 1st world, represented by EU
> and the US - but it is not seen as important enough. on the other
> hand, it has not yet been fully accepted into AsiaPac. so when an
> opportunity like Iraq comes along, a right-wing, conservative govt.
> (which was against Australia ditching the queen as head of state)
> jumps straight on it because it makes them feel important. the
> problem is they confuse "the US has accepted our help" with "the US
> needs our help".
>
> I am originally from Israel, which is in a very similar situation.
> And unfortunately, until we stop thinking of oursleves in terms of
> what we wish ourselves to be and start thinking of oursleves in
> terms of what we are, this will go on.
>
>
>
> =====
> Miron
>
>    How could people get so unkind?
>
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