Posted on 06/01/2008 10:34:46 PM PDT by newbie2008
John McCain has proposed that the US should sponsor the creation of a new multilateral organization that includes the world’s legitimate democracies. This League of Democracies would act in the interest of freedom and liberty and would act when the UN gets bogged down in its impotence, especially on Iran and Darfur. Initially rejected, the idea has lately begun to appeal to other democracies, as the AP reports:
Gaining ground this political season is a proposed League of Democracies designed to strengthen support for the next president’s overseas agenda and ensure a global leadership role for the United States.
John McCain, the virtually certain Republican presidential nominee, has endorsed the concept of a new global compact of more than 100 democratic countries to advance shared views and has discussed the idea with French and British leaders.
“It could act where the U.N. fails to act,” he said last month, and pressure tyrants “with or without Moscow’s and Beijing’s approval.”
McCain said the League might impose sanctions on Iran, relieve suffering in the Darfur region of Sudan and deal with environmental problems.
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I can only hope that this organization would not include any country that held an election “certified” fair by jimmie carter.
Good idea. I hate the U.N. The only problem in this article was the inclusion of the environment as part of the scope of the League of Democracies.
I like Robert Conquest’s idea of an Anglosphere, rather than a League of Democracies - but almost anything would be an improvement on the UN.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. --That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed
Translation: We’ve figured out that Barack Hussein Obama hasn’t got a snowball’s chance in Hades of being elected, so John McCain’s ideas are now golden.
A great idea only if it replaces the UN and denies membership to those nations not meeting the following organizational charter:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. —That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed
6 posted on Mon Jun 2 00:45:54 2008 by stravinskyrules
ANYTHING that negates the UN will be a ballot winner beyond compare.
Excellent!
Should be League of Republics.
Conquest’s Reflections on a Ravaged Century was remarkable for its reason, erudition and intellectual sophistication. Conquest is our greatest living historian and knows few peers, if any, in the century that provided the title for his book.
Are we a democracy?
I prefer remaining a Republic.
I agree with you. It's a great book. And he's a great man, which is far rarer and more precious than a great book.
Interesting idea, awful name. “League of Democracies” sounds like something out of a comic book.
I’m not sure what other nations would qualify. But a league with liberated Europe, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, India, Australia and New Zealand would be a better option — like McCain is a better option compared to Obama.
Seems pointless, another ineffectual bureaucracy. Nations such as Pakistan and Bangladesh can claim to be democracies and would demand membership, which they would likely keep even after the regularly scheduled military takeover.
The idea that McCain would keep us out of trouble via a new group he fostered, is just silly.
The guy can't even think his way out of a global warming goodie bag, and now he wants to lead out with a new organization.
Good Lord, what next for this imbecile?
Does everybody get to wear capes?
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