Comments on: The World Is A Dangerous Place And You’d Be Well Within Your Rights Not To Care Right Now http://washingtonindependent.com/7201/the-world-is-a-dangerous-place-and-youd-be-well-within-your-rights-not-to-care-right-now National News in Context Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:09:31 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Joshua Foust http://washingtonindependent.com/7201/the-world-is-a-dangerous-place-and-youd-be-well-within-your-rights-not-to-care-right-now/comment-page-1#comment-36741 Joshua Foust Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:45:31 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=7201#comment-36741 Spencer. The U.S. has also denied the Pakistanis shot at its helicopters. And that can happen, and the guys on the ground can be doing the shooting, and <i>nothing must necessarily be wrong with our relationship</i>. Normally, this is the pattern: the U.S. does what it does, the government agrees to it in private but with the understanding that it cannot support it publicly because public opinion is so solidly anti-U.S.<br><br>That's not the say the relationship isn't strained for other reasons, but it's a mistake to assume that all discussions happen in public. Spencer. The U.S. has also denied the Pakistanis shot at its helicopters. And that can happen, and the guys on the ground can be doing the shooting, and nothing must necessarily be wrong with our relationship. Normally, this is the pattern: the U.S. does what it does, the government agrees to it in private but with the understanding that it cannot support it publicly because public opinion is so solidly anti-U.S.

That's not the say the relationship isn't strained for other reasons, but it's a mistake to assume that all discussions happen in public.

]]> By: Joshua Foust http://washingtonindependent.com/7201/the-world-is-a-dangerous-place-and-youd-be-well-within-your-rights-not-to-care-right-now/comment-page-1#comment-7021 Joshua Foust Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:45:31 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=7201#comment-7021 Spencer. The U.S. has also denied the Pakistanis shot at its helicopters. And that can happen, and the guys on the ground can be doing the shooting, and <i>nothing must necessarily be wrong with our relationship</i>. Normally, this is the pattern: the U.S. does what it does, the government agrees to it in private but with the understanding that it cannot support it publicly because public opinion is so solidly anti-U.S.<br><br>That's not the say the relationship isn't strained for other reasons, but it's a mistake to assume that all discussions happen in public. Spencer. The U.S. has also denied the Pakistanis shot at its helicopters. And that can happen, and the guys on the ground can be doing the shooting, and nothing must necessarily be wrong with our relationship. Normally, this is the pattern: the U.S. does what it does, the government agrees to it in private but with the understanding that it cannot support it publicly because public opinion is so solidly anti-U.S.

That's not the say the relationship isn't strained for other reasons, but it's a mistake to assume that all discussions happen in public.

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