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Christian, I am inspired by your hope but dubious of your grasp of
human evil. You know very well there are sections of Rio where no one
can go without extreme risk. There are no cops there, so the good
people suffer at the hands of the evil. World history seems to tell me
that without cops the worst people dominate. Thus, the world needs a
cop.<br>
An international "cop?" But the U.N. has failed over and over, from
failure to prevent genocide to corruption in the oil for food scandals.
So how can we hope for something that has never happened? <br>
Democracy, we learn from history, is achieved mostly through force
and warfare. The U. S. democratic republic arose from conflict and is
one of the oldest in the world. England has a democracy that was born
of armed nobility confronting a king. Germany, Japan, Iraq -- all
examples of democracy arising from armed conflict. The Orange
Revolution in Ukraine wouldn't have been possible without Reagan's
insistance that we could afford a military buildup and the Soviets
could not. Lebanon wouldn't have hope without the example of Iraq.
Libya is restrained by force of the American cop on the corner. And, as
the joke goes, Bush has announced how he will withdraw from Iraq:
"We'll just go through Iran." <br>
And why must democracy be purchased at the price of our blood?
Psychopaths respond only to firm, quick resistance to their lawless
behavior. Thoughout history, the psychopaths have risen to the top
(consider the French revolution; consider the sad history of Argentina,
my beloved tragic second home). But in the American revolution, the
careful and the accountable became the leaders and have inspired the
world ever since. <br>
Other than that, I have no strong feelings.<br>
Chau, amigo<br>
Lynn <br>
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<pre wrap="">There must be a global democratic political structure with executive
legislative and judicial powers. That's how we'll "spread democracy".
People should arbitrate their problems through that system.
This structure should be lean, representative, participatory and strong.
I would suggest looking at nordic countries for starting models.
Christian
G. Reinhart-Waller wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Me too.
Do we use the United Nations? That hasn't worked in the past....is
there a new resurrection?
Gerry
Christian Rauh wrote:
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<pre wrap="">No world cop.
Christian
G. Reinhart-Waller wrote:
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<pre wrap="">This is of interest. If US is not world cop, then who would you like it
to be? The Russians, Chinese, one of the South American
dictatorships....moving forward takes a country willing to gamble at
playing the role of policeman in maintaining peace. That is US.....not
because it is better at it but because no one else wants the role.
The only allies we have in Iraq are the Iraqi people who are interested
in Democracy. That's good enough for me.
Gerry
Steve Hovland wrote:
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<pre wrap="">When the US can no longer afford the pretense
of being the world cop, we may move more toward
group security.
As far as help in Iraq, we have fewer and fewer
allies. Most of the world is horrified by what we
are doing, no matter how we try to pretty it up
with blather about democracy.
Steve Hovland
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