Dan Minette wrote: > If we use the criminal model for world affairs, we > will need to resign ourselves to a world where many small states and > terrorist have the ability to kill millions of people in any country. > That, in my opinion, is a recipe for disaster.
But that's the world we live in now, and the situation isn't going to change anytime soon, if ever. Weapons of mass destruction are getting cheaper and easier to make all the time, and individuals and/or terrorist groups are going to get ahold of them sooner or later. That woud be the case even if the US "pacified" the world through the use of pre-emptive wars. The danger is an inescapable byproduct of modern civilization. But what world would have fewer terrorists - a world writhing under a Pax Americana, seething with discontent and rage against the United States, or a world where all the nations work together and rogue states are brought back into the international community - a world where we can help places like North Korea, Somalia and Iraq bcome more civilized by opening our civilization up to them, and finally putting a stop to the root causes of terrorism once and for all? IAAMOAC is something we should all keep in mind. Kevin Street _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
