Dubya: Mr. Multilateral (Serious SGO under the radar)

Tech Central Station ^ | July 29, 2004 | Bryan Preston

[quidnunc]

It is playing a key role in curbing and caging North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il. It played a key role in disarming Libya, discovering and rolling up the Pakistani A.Q. Khan nuclear smuggling network, and has become a framework for international military and police exercises organized by the United States. Its membership includes most of the world's largest economic powers, most of the world's largest military powers, and most of the most influential states on earth. The United States, Japan, the United Kingdom, Russia, the Netherlands, France, Australia and Germany are among its 15 member states, and it is one of the pillars of the Bush administration's strategy to both win the war on terrorism and halt the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. As an organization set up to perform a mission that the United Nations and the International Atomic Energy Agency have jointly failed, halting the spread of nuclear weapons, it has the potential of becoming an alternative to the UN itself in coming decades. Notably, all of its members to date are democracies.

But thanks to the media and Democrats who insist on portraying the Bush administration as "unilateral," you have probably never heard of it.

Called the Proliferation Security Initiative, this results-oriented alliance is now just over a year old. The work of the much maligned Under Secretary of State for Arms Proliferation and International Security John Bolton, PSI is already a great success in bringing nations that disagreed bitterly over the Iraq war together under one flag to deal with larger weapons proliferation issues, especially those relating to the Korean Peninsula.

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[Old Grumpy]

Thank you for sending this to me.

[Judith Anne]

Excellent post, BnG.

Thanks for the ping, patriciaruth.

Quidnunc, outstanding thread!

Cindy, nopardons, have you seen this?

[Cindy]

Yes.
It's interesting.

[Spok]

Ronald Reagan's deconstruction of the USSR was done so discretely that liberals can deny he had anything to do with it. It look like GWB's efficiency may be punished in the same way.

[nopardons]

Thanks for the ping...had missed this thread.

[mrsmith]

Stuff the media will never find on their DNCFAX.


Author, Bryant Preston, has a decent blog: http://junkyardblog.transfinitum.net/

[The Grammarian]

Called the Proliferation Security Initiative, this results-oriented alliance is now just over a year old.

This sounds like something out of the Westwood Studios computer game "Command & Conquer." Global Defense Initiative (GDI), anyone?

[nopardons]

Okay,I've read it now and this needs to get publicized!

[Judith Anne]

Agreed!

[1_Inch_Group]

thanks for the ping, good article.

probably a good idea to concentrate only on weapons proliferation...that way we don't have to go thru the UN (which we shouldn't do in the first place) and all the political BS that happens there.

I have been wondering what shifted Libya's position...didn't believe it before I read the article.

Always thought 'ol Mumarr had something up his sleeve. His giving up his WMD was kind of like the collapse of USSR....you want to believe it, but can't...

[Rightone]

Thanks much! I'm here. Appreciate the heads up...

[Valin]

Jed Babbin Talks about this in his new book
"Inside the Asylum"
why the united nations and old europe are worse than you think.
(note, VERY good book)

This was the first I've heard about it.

[MissAmericanPie]

Thanks for the heads up, I'll get a copy for my weekend reading.

[FlyVet]

As an organization set up to perform a mission that the United Nations and the International Atomic Energy Agency have jointly failed,

Really?

I've come to believe anything called "United Nations" or "International" is a worthless POS. Oh, wait...to call them worthless would suggest they do neither good nor harm, so they must be less than WORTHLESS, or LOWER THAN A SNAKE'S BELLY.

[shetlan]

Trust George "W" Bush

[Sergio]

Hi quidnunc

Appreciate the PING. Will have to read the article later, but looks good from what little I've read so far.

Can the movie be far behind? ;-)

Best Regards

Sergio

[numberonepal]

Boy I wish I'd seen this earlier when I was writing a commentary on last night's speech. I knew about it, but there wasn't much info on it, and it didn't come to mind when I was pointing out the "unilateral" lie in the speech.

[patriciaruth]

Here's something of interest you can learn about. Be sure to read about the Caspian Guard in the link or where it was copied in the posts.