On 14 Sep 2002 at 16:35, RIGHTSBOY@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 9/14/2002 9:23:31 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> hidden@lucifer.com writes:
>
>
> Summation
>
> Yes the US has suffered grievous harms. Not least those
> self-imposed and most certainly many triggered by the perception
> held of her by much of the remainder of the world. While it is
> true that not all of that perspective is accurate, much of it is.
> For example, the US has repeatedly proven herself an untrustworthy
> aid source, a very unreliable partner and a very ill-behaved
> debtor. And this invites retribution from the innumerable people
> and groups who perceive themselves as having been harmed or
> prejudiced by her actions. I would argue that this is a far more
> visible, insidious and much greater danger than those which the
> action which Joe Dees advocates is intended to forefend.
>
>
>
> Excellent. If we (U.S.), as individuals and as a nation, are unable to
> understand and adhere to our own societal network protocols ('rights',
> treaties, contracts, etc.), we cannot expect to long survive as a
> viable network, nor to win the symbiotic incorporation of other 'more
> primitive' human soceital networks into our own.
>
If we allow despots such as Saddam to develop nukes, we will have
much MORE trouble; the rules have changed in a post-9/11 world
where a small group of agents or terrorists can inflict mass death and
destruction with WMD's; pre-emption is the only successful strategy
against such dangers. The UN has a chance to prove that it is not
irrelevant in this dangerous new world in which we find ourselves; I
sincerely hope it takes it.
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