> ..a more interesting question is why you think that US policy matters. I didn't say I think this. You are the one that claimed the US doesn't want the rest o

> ..a more interesting question is why you think that US policy matters. I didn't say I think this. You are the one that claimed the US doesn't want the rest of the world to be subservient - I am just pointing out you might be wrong. And the fact that they changed the document doesn't mean the person who wrote it changed his intention. > ...unless the US gets involved with something, the rest of the world stays out as well. This claim is absurd. > I'm amused that you're asking me for world trouble-spots I am not. Read my question again. > ...you keep telling us that Americans are clueless about the rest of the world. I never said that or anything similar in my entire life. Not sure who / what are you are referring to as "you". I guess you (specifically you - I don't like to generalize) bought into all that paranoid stuff... > Go down that list and ask "why isn't my country (or the EU) handling this?". I live in Brazil. It improved remarkably in the last 10 years or so, but it still a poor country. Still, this doesn't mean Brazil does nothing for the rest of the world: http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2003/03/58274 http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2003/03/58274 . There are many more examples, if you care to look for them.