[extropy-chat] letter concerning presidential growth

[Gary Miller]

If the United Nations would have developed as a just and courageous vehicle
for the upholding of international law and resolving differences peacefully
and fairly, Americans might have given the UN dissenting opinions to the war
a lot more weight. 

As we found out, they are just a group of corrupt representatives all with
their country's and individual hands out.  

Had the oil for food fiasco not happened, Americans might feel a lot
differently even repentant about not listening to them.

Regardless of whether we went to war for the right reasons or not the UN at
large was on Sadam's payroll.  

For most Americans now the United Nations and international now is a sad
joke.  We have quite enough corruption to root out in our own government.  I
don't think we need to complicate our decisions and foot the bill besides
for an international organization more concerned with lining it's pockets
than preventing genocide in the world.

Most Americans have a pretty strong moral compass.  For an international
body to have major influence over us it must be above reproach.  

Recent events at the UN also make it appear very cowardly as a military or
peacekeeping force.

I for one think Sadam should have been removed due to the atrocities
committed on his people.

One would have hoped the Iraqi people would have all came together and
embraced each other as a country and cherished this chance at democracy and
a better way of life we have given them.

And I too would like us to return to Extropian topics.  Everyone has already
analyzed this to death and came to their own understanding right or wrong on
these issues long ago.  If I or anyone else think they are going to change
anyone's minds on what they already have come to decide on this topic, I
think they're living in a dream world.

>> I think your nation state of America has become the single greatest
threat to extropy in the world because your countrymen have been so
complacent in regard to their responsibilities to their fellow human beings
that they have allowed successive US Presidential administrations to
increasingly flagrantly undermine the basis of international laws
established for the purpose of maintaining international peace and security.