To: mukraker
Tie this document in....
Long live Democracy In a world in which states jealously guard their sovereignty, the OAS members recognized on September 11 that the rights of citizens of this hemisphere to live in democratic societies were more important than traditional notions of non-interference in the internal affairs of member states.
Read the
Inter-American Democratic Charter sheparded into existance by Colin Powell, for details.
To: hedgetrimmer
I'd rather everybody lived in "small-r" republican societies (liberty, separation of powers, representation for provincial governments (like the U.S. Senate pre-17th Amendment), electoral colleges, and basically U.S.-like Constitutions and Bills of Rights). However, if we attempt to impose that on the world, we'll never be free of higher taxes and loss of human treasure.
89 posted on
09/28/2006 6:11:44 PM PDT by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Hugo Chavez is the Devil! The podium still smells of sulfur...)
To: hedgetrimmer
Something I don't particularly agree with. We have enough trouble policing ourselves, so how can we be trusted with policing other countries' affairs?
90 posted on
09/28/2006 6:13:59 PM PDT by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Hugo Chavez is the Devil! The podium still smells of sulfur...)
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