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To: JohnM who wrote (87522)	3/29/2003 12:15:07 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) of 281500

And several links that explain the significance of each of Wilson's 14 points, in case you were confused by all of the diplomatese.. learn.co.uk bayarea.com "Only after the United States entered World War I did President Woodrow Wilson attempt to introduce American moralism onto the global stage. As he explained to a joint session of Congress in January 1918 when outlining his 14 points for a new world order: ``What we demand in this war -- is nothing peculiar to ourselves. It is that the world be made fit and safe to live in; and particularly that it be made safe for every peace-loving nation.'' In Wilson's view, the best way to achieve American security was not to defend the United States against the outside world, but to fundamentally change the outside world. Wilson's attempt to reshape the world ultimately failed. His own Congress blocked American membership in his League of Nations, suggesting that the American people were not willing to embrace his agenda. Later, the rise of Nazi Germany and communist Russia and the onset of World War II stimulated the emergence of a counterphilosophy to Wilson's idealism: realism." And that's the reason, John, that Bush went to the UN to warn them they were on the verge of becoming irrelevant, just like the League of Nations... If they won't enforce their own binding resolutions, and enforce a cease fire agreement which has been violated for 12 years, then what good are they?? Hawk

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