From: Ad 

Which IMHO does carry a certain amount of ISG style criticism of Bush


http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/11/us/11cnd-gates.html


"Reviewing NATO’s success in standing up to the Soviet threat, “it
seems clear that totalitarianism was defeated as much by ideas the West
championed then and now as by ICBMs, tanks and warships that the West
deployed,” Mr. Gates said. The alliance’s most effective weapon, he said,
was a “shared belief in political and economic freedom, religious
toleration, human rights, representative government, and the rule of
law.”"


The last item on the list is the interesting one given Putin's comments
& widespread views wrt the US's .........purported complete freedom of
action devoid of any reference to any law except it's own....

inc holding people explicitly "outside of the law" etc.

Adam

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