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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Just_Observing who wrote (4288)	1/29/2003 11:24:58 AM
From: yard_man	Respond to of 25898

you hit the nail on the head -- practically speaking lesser powers have no choice. The reality is world courts do not provide them any leverage --- Universal principles?? If they are universal, we don't need a world court -- if they aren't, a world court won't make them so. I think the world court, and worldwide financial institutions simply become a bully pulpit for the most strong. Regarding being in the US -- you are right -- there is nothing that guarantees the persistence of the status quo -- in fact there are some reasons to believe that a shift is taking place, IMO. How I feel about the matter is irrelevant -- larger forces at work than I can influence -- but whatever happens, the more mighty nation will set the agenda -- whether it be in a world court or through individual bilateral agreements. For this reason, I believe it behooves the US to promote policies that make for truly free trade and where possible reciprocal type agreements with other nations on issues of cooperation towards ends in the interest of all. What we disagree about is the means -- Our strength isn't simply in weapons and our weakness isn't in the existence of weapons outside this country, IMO.

To: Just_Observing who wrote (4288)	1/29/2003 11:29:53 AM
From: zonder	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25898

I wonder if you feel the same if and when a new greater superpower emerges in this world. That is exactly what the US is trying to prevent with this allergy to anyone else having nukes, of course. Is it a coincidence that all the Europeans are in favor of a World Court? No. European countries see the US aggressively moving towards forceful domination of the world, carving itself a place above international treaties. I have to say that I find the current level of hostility against America in Europe quite surprising. Never have I seen such ill will against the US in Europe, and I am talking about places like Paris and London with urban, west-European populations. I look around me here, in arguably the richest and most "Western" part of Europe, and wonder what the sentiment is like in the parts of the world with significant Muslim populations...