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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Neocon who wrote (151363)11/10/2004 11:13:03 AM
From: GST  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
<illegitimacy> Supreme beings need no external validation. Hitler taught us that. He had the world's most fearsome military, and he had the will to use it unilaterally to shape the world as he saw fit. Supreme military power needs no legitimacy to lay countries to waste. Legitimacy is not an issue for supreme beings. But for most people in the world, this is an issue. It was an issue for us when we, reluctantly, decided that world domination by Germany in Europe and Japan in Asia was intolerable. We fought to free the world from those who would seek to dominate the world with their military power. Now half a century later we have supreme beings amongst us in the USA -- perhaps you yourself are one. But I am not. And I will use my voice to speak against you if you conclude that you are a supreme being. Hitler taught us something else -- supreme beings can be defeated because in the end, people will struggle to be free. You need legitimacy to rule. Power just breeds resistance in the absence of legitimacy.

What is at issue for Americans is this: Are we on the side of freedom? And if we are on the side of freedom, what means should we use to fight for freedom. If you are a supreme being, you will destroy freedom. If you are not a supreme being you will build freedom on a solid foundation -- legitimacy.
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