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http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/nss.html
i read it. and i agree...
it is chock full of all the wonderful, democratic ideals and feel-good concepts that the United States, in its unquestionable goodness, so honorably champions as the world's one and only true savior. Who could possibly disagree with such nebulous and diversely interpreted concepts as "freedom," "liberty," "peace," "making the world safe," "justice," "human dignity," "international cooperation," "prosperity," or "cultural advancement"?
but what it proposes and what the administration is doing
appear to be worlds apart.
the document basically says that the 21st century has
brought us to a world made up of a vast majority of nation
states with similar values and goals... that our biggest
security threats now come from a handful of rogue nations
and individuals that we fear may harm us through terrorist
acts and the use of WMDs.
the biggest piece of hypocrisy in the document was this:
We will take the actions necessary to ensure that our efforts to meet our global security commitments and protect Americans are not impaired by the potential for investigations, inquiry, or prosecution by the International Criminal Court (ICC), whose jurisdiction does not extend to Americans and which we do not accept.
why should we be exempt from being held accountable
to international criminal law? here is why... it's because
the leaders of the military, the ones who issue the orders,
are the ones who usually bear the ultimate responsibility
for war crimes and are the ones charged with the murders.
and who might that be?...
oh... i don't know...
could it be...
the chief of staff of the armed forces??
namely GWB?
we have a coward leading our country and
our armed forces. a brave leader who believes
in his values and decision making will stake his
life on them. he would not request immunity from the law.
anyone who takes an office that high ought to be
willing to die for what he believes in if he's
going to ask his countrymen to put themselves in
that position and take that oath. (actually, the
majority of the international community does not
support the death penalty anyway, so if he were
convicted of wrongful deaths he probably wouldn't
get the fate he's handed out to many of his fellow
texans... or the fate he's suggested for saddam
and osama without benefit of a trial.)
you can't ask or expect the rest of the world to
respect or abide by international law if you
won't subject your own self to it.
i think this is the first time in my adult life
i have called anyone a coward. it doesn't feel
good. i do it with sadness. i wish him no ill or
harm. i just wish he would change course or step down
before he kills any more people without due process
of law.
so... how'd ya like dat tune?
-el DJ |
