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Politics : Stop the War! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Solon who wrote (1841)	3/23/2003 6:35:32 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21614

I basically agree with you. The problem is that there are a large number of dictatorial and brutal regimes on the planet. During the Cold War, little could be done about many of them because of the threat of turning it into a hot war. That has changed. But still: Let's say the US, UK, Canada, Australia- -the decent nations- -formed a coalition. There is still only so much that could be done. How do we differentiate what gets cleaned up and what does not? And isolationism is no longer a practical answer. Once the US and Canada could rely on two broad oceans for protection. That is no longer true. Now if a serious danger arises, it may very well be best to handle it before it gets serious.