On Wed, 26 Oct 2005, Russell McMahon wrote:

> In fact the US, especially Roosevelt, did seek to provide moral guidance to 
> and for the world at that time. They were extremely keen not to see "spheres 
> of influence" which had existed pre-WW2 continue on in the "new world order"

For which reason they divided the world into two halves, left and right, 
cool as cucumbers, at Yalta and Teheran and Potsdam, and then the two 
sides fought three or more (depends what you count) shooting wars to 
keep it that way, nearly lit up the whole planet with nukes several 
times, and ended up sending people to the moon just for the coolness of 
it (besides important science). It is true that neither part was a 
'sphere' so what you are saying is technically correct ;-)

Peter
-- 
http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive
View/change your membership options at
http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist