Vicente Fox and Jean Chrétien interviewed with several other people on cbc radio yesterday, quite a good piece, some appropriate questions asked .... and slid out of by the askees, of course, since they must remain diplomatic at all times ... one profesora from UNAM managed to slap around both the Bush II regime and overly fearful mexicana reaction to it in adjacent phrases, i thought that was pretty deftly done
In the events of 11.09.01 canadians and mexicanos felt as attacked as anybody ... this fact gets lost in the noise of international posturing, it bears repeating ... we all flew the stars 'n stripes at the time, and meant it as strong statement, some of the militarists would have people forget that .... canadians and mexicanos were killed in that crime, along with nationals of about eighty other countries
I had a long post which went from that point to others composed yesterday, when my browser froze up again and i lost it .... you're bad luck to post to, Snowshoe! -g- .... but the whole thing generally led to this thought - that it is rather pointless and short-sighted for current US admin to threaten the g.w.n. and la República in order to advance its own narrow interests in a unilateral approach to a state of perma-war, when vast numbers of their own US populace question the wisdom of such a programme ... and when more are bound to, when things inevitably go wrong with the one-against-all attitude
There were several excellent Steven Rogers posts i had nailed for illustration ... this was one - #reply-18628963
'What do you consider to be sufficient grounds to justify the invasion of one nation by another?
I’m not talking about the US and Iraq here. I’m looking for a general rule, a set of criteria that could be applied to conflicts around the world. Yes, I know that the conditions in any given case must be evaluated on their own merits, but such evaluation is impossible without a basic set of premises with which to work. It is those premises that I’m looking for.'
... the classic question, of how do you write a law that works well, and cannot be abused in its spirit .... far too much emphasis lately on the might makes right argument, imho .... which is only ever advanced by the mighty, of course, and they are always the minority among us |
