Posted on 03/04/2005 6:15:15 PM PST by Peach
Tammy Bruce on her radio show was all over this today.
Excellent. I wish I got her radio show.
On another note... whatever happened to those Rennaisance events Bill Clinton, Al Gore and everyone used to go to... :)
FYI ping
The Clintons will do or say anything it takes to get more power. Bill can't go any higher with the US voters, so he's moved on to the world stage. That means appealing to anti-American interests, where ever he finds them.
However, the Community of Democracies... links... to.... George Soros' OSI: Linking the Community of Democracies with Millenium Challenge Accounts.
Just thought it might be useful in this thread, if its being bookmarked for future use.
Jonathan Rauch wrote a piece for Reason (03-22-04) entitled: Voting Bloc. In Geneva, the U.N.'s successor may be testing its wings. here.
A snip:
But consider the long-term potential. By the time the Community of Democracies becomes strong enough to act coherently inside the U.N., it will also be strong enough to act coherently outside the U.N. It will contain most of the world's countries, including most of the strong ones. It will be unencumbered by the vetoes of tin-pot tyrannies. As it gains confidence and skill, it will attract money and authority. It may sprout an aid budget, a relief program, a peacekeeping arm, perhaps treaty powers.
In other words, the Community of Democracies may begin as a voice within the U.N. but go on to become a competitor to the U.N. Perhapsone can dreamit may someday be the U.N.'s successor.
"United Nations" is an oxymoron. Democracies and dictatorships are mongoose and cobra, with no real hope of uniting except opportunistically. But a community of democraciesthat might just work. It already works in NATO and the E.U. The new community is a fledgling, but many readers of this article may live to see it soar.
I'm glad President Bush is staying focused on strengthening NATO.
BTTT :)
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