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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (96233)	1/21/2005 7:42:53 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 793964

Nadine, you missed the point. If you think through the analogy a bit more, you might get it. Note that there was a world external to that of Adolf's gang and his Jewish victims. That's the hint. Of course you are right that asking an attacker to refrain from attack is pointless - they know very well exactly what they are doing and expect to benefit from what they do. The external world is what defeated the 1000 Year Reich. What's necessary is to create an overall environment where such thugs recalculate their expected benefits given the likelihood of their intended victims having world-wide support. If Adolf had understood that he would have the rest of the world against him, he might have not pushed his luck. But with "Peace in our time" and Austria in the fold and Italy and Switzerland and Spain not exactly enemies of him and the possibility of Britain accepting his demand for liebensraum and European dominance, it is understandable that he thought he had a green light. Similarly, April Glaspie gave Saddam a green light. If she had said that he should not move a muscle or he'd be shot by the USA and the UN, he would not have invaded Kuwait. The USA was either really stupid or expected Saddam would accept the green light, which he did - with a decade of sanctions and high oil prices resulting [for fantastic energy industry profits ... hmmmm?!!]. <This is the basic reform that any new UN needs - only democracies need apply.> See, already you have got some ideas. Easy peasy. The history of the world is one of carnage rather than imagination so I expect more of the carnage. Having been survivors of one of the world's horrific carnages, I'd have thought Jews in Israel would be especially interested in solutions other than final ones. Necessity is the mother of invention and people living in regions of conflict have a need of some imagination. I'm hopeful that King George II might actually be the one to do the right thing. It wouldn't surprise me at all. He certainly seems gung ho to carry on the crusade. Maybe somebody will suggest a redesign of the only international institution likely to fit the bill. It might well be him. Mqurice