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04-14-2003

Thanks Mike.

i know i am generally a little more conservative that anything in my political beliefs, though i try not to be. i think that being biased to either side is a fault. but i cant help it. i often feel its just a struggle between logic and emotion... and logic for me is an easier argument.

This last year has changed my in some big way when it comes to global politics. I really began to believe the UN Security Council is a failure, while the UN itself remains the single greatest humanitarian organization in the world... since 1945, there has been about 300 or so armed conflicts in the world. Who knows how many millions of deaths? 10 million? 20 million? 50? How it that for an odd turn of events? it was formed to stop all wars... it became the single greatest enabler of wars. It became an enabler of dictators. it became an enabler of murderous regimes, of fundamentalists, of terrorists or of arms proliferators... with each new backwards regime they cause to exist... cames a new set of policies aimed to appease them. The UN has made terrorism both profitable and successful.

I always think about this: if you pull a gun on a cop, you get shot. no questions asked. Few will argue that you did not deserve it. if you drive in the direction of a police officer standing in front of the car... they can dump 100 rounds into you. if you threaten someones life, you can go to prison. If i push you, its assault. if i hit a child, i go to prison. Did you know that you cannot "taunt" Stellar Sea Lions in Alaska? its a federal crime.....

However, If i am a dictator, using chemical and biological weapons to kill hundreds of thousans, the world doesn't care. Genocide? not an issue! If i kill millions, its just a number. If you as a nation oppose me, other nations will rise up and protest your objections, your imperialist ambitions to control me and your meddling in the internal affairs of a sovereign nation. When i threaten you, the world will tell you its your fault for not appeasing me... it will be your fault for aggitating me... for making me feel threatened... for not going the extra mile to talk to me.

It will the job of the UN Security Council to stop me... but they cant. They cant, yet they will demand you to put your faith in them. They won't stop me... and why?... because for most members, it is not in their political or economic interest to do so. And what about the people? what about the threat? what about the suffering? what about people dying?

if its not in most of the 15 member states interest to care... tough luck.

I dont think unilateralism is a good solution to global issues. I understand now why the world hates to the USA for its double standards. I also now understand the necessity of those double standards and the need to walk the fine line of trying to bend the rules as far as possible in your favor while claiming your not. Its a reality of global politics. Its what everyone is doing... and doing so, while claiming the other side is being unfair in doing so.

I dont really like Bush. I think he is a very poor speaker and a very poor leader. The world seems to think so too. I think he is needlessly abrasive and even arrogant and condescending when he speaks. I think people are more than right to criticize his administration for the way they went about this war... and their "wandering justifications" as PD put it. They set themselves up now... instead of an issue of "verification" they made it an issue of "dissarmorment" which means that to justify it, they need to find something. But i also think that maybe i am being naive. Something really great happened in that region, for the world and for the people of that country.

Maybe he did and said the exact right things to get the job done. maybe people hate that about him most of all.

04-14-2003	#11
-= JR =- Guest Posts: n/a	Thanks Mike. i know i am generally a little more conservative that anything in my political beliefs, though i try not to be. i think that being biased to either side is a fault. but i cant help it. i often feel its just a struggle between logic and emotion... and logic for me is an easier argument. This last year has changed my in some big way when it comes to global politics. I really began to believe the UN Security Council is a failure, while the UN itself remains the single greatest humanitarian organization in the world... since 1945, there has been about 300 or so armed conflicts in the world. Who knows how many millions of deaths? 10 million? 20 million? 50? How it that for an odd turn of events? it was formed to stop all wars... it became the single greatest enabler of wars. It became an enabler of dictators. it became an enabler of murderous regimes, of fundamentalists, of terrorists or of arms proliferators... with each new backwards regime they cause to exist... cames a new set of policies aimed to appease them. The UN has made terrorism both profitable and successful. I always think about this: if you pull a gun on a cop, you get shot. no questions asked. Few will argue that you did not deserve it. if you drive in the direction of a police officer standing in front of the car... they can dump 100 rounds into you. if you threaten someones life, you can go to prison. If i push you, its assault. if i hit a child, i go to prison. Did you know that you cannot "taunt" Stellar Sea Lions in Alaska? its a federal crime..... However, If i am a dictator, using chemical and biological weapons to kill hundreds of thousans, the world doesn't care. Genocide? not an issue! If i kill millions, its just a number. If you as a nation oppose me, other nations will rise up and protest your objections, your imperialist ambitions to control me and your meddling in the internal affairs of a sovereign nation. When i threaten you, the world will tell you its your fault for not appeasing me... it will be your fault for aggitating me... for making me feel threatened... for not going the extra mile to talk to me. It will the job of the UN Security Council to stop me... but they cant. They cant, yet they will demand you to put your faith in them. They won't stop me... and why?... because for most members, it is not in their political or economic interest to do so. And what about the people? what about the threat? what about the suffering? what about people dying? if its not in most of the 15 member states interest to care... tough luck. I dont think unilateralism is a good solution to global issues. I understand now why the world hates to the USA for its double standards. I also now understand the necessity of those double standards and the need to walk the fine line of trying to bend the rules as far as possible in your favor while claiming your not. Its a reality of global politics. Its what everyone is doing... and doing so, while claiming the other side is being unfair in doing so. I dont really like Bush. I think he is a very poor speaker and a very poor leader. The world seems to think so too. I think he is needlessly abrasive and even arrogant and condescending when he speaks. I think people are more than right to criticize his administration for the way they went about this war... and their "wandering justifications" as PD put it. They set themselves up now... instead of an issue of "verification" they made it an issue of "dissarmorment" which means that to justify it, they need to find something. But i also think that maybe i am being naive. Something really great happened in that region, for the world and for the people of that country. Maybe he did and said the exact right things to get the job done. maybe people hate that about him most of all.