The Americans

Op Ed News by Mark Overt Skilbred | Sep. 25, 2008 (Opinion)

The best guarantee for our reluctant partners that diplomacy with us will yield results, is the success of our neighboring partnerships. We will experience other global economic challenges in the future which require strategic partnerships similar to that of the European Union. Let's not be caught unprepared for the next crisis, but instead prepare our hemisphere for the requirements needed to prosper in the new millennium. Our inevitable struggles equip ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Michael Dewey - Sep 25, 2008 - 5:38 AM PDT
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Michael Dewey
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 by Michael Dewey - Oct. 1, 2008

I give this author an a+ for his views of dimplomacy.

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Jim Lang
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 by Jim Lang - Oct. 1, 2008

While I am in personal agreement that the US needs to be a less haughty, less greedy and more accepting, trustworthy and reliable partner, particluarly in the Western Hemisphere, this opinion piece comes across as an unsourced sermon to the believers. One who doesn't already accept its view is unlikely to be converted. Consequently, I believe that it is pretty ineffective journalism.

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Fred Gatlin
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 by Fred Gatlin - Oct. 1, 2008

This is another good commentary. We can no longer see our neghbors as less than us.

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