Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Second Place--at Last!
It was reported that the United States of Europe has more wealth, more population, more power, more votes in NATO, more vetoes in the United Nations, and just plain more clout in the world then the United States of America. I say, “Thank God Almighty. Free at last.”
It has been too much for one struggling little upstart of a nation to be responsible for the planet these last few decades. Sure, we are young and strong and have broad shoulders. But we do not have the experience, the maturity, nor the resources to solve everyone’s problems all the time.
I, for one, am tired of the whining and begging for help yesterday and the bitter hatred today and the shock that we don’t help more tomorrow and the hindsight criticism of our do-goodery day after tomorrow. Does anyone hate or resent us more then the very ones that use us? Especially if our help comes with strings attached.
NATO was supposed to be an all for one – one for all agreement. “An attack on one is an attack on all.” So where were our NATO buddies after 9/11? Tsk Tsk Tsking on their fat assets gained from refining Saddam’s oil, that’s where. And have you heard the one about the United Nations?
We may have made some bad decisions of late. Kyoto Accord, Land mind treaties, we have missed out on so many opportunities to make the world a better place. Instead of making positive contributions, we negate every idea that we can’t take credit for.
Then again, going it alone, who wouldn’t? Living at the top, alone, with no natural predators would affect anyone. The rest of the world sees us as pompous arrogant fascists.
Some of our own citizens agree.
All of History screams at us. When one person, one government, one religion, one anything thinks that it has superior insight into righteousness there can be no other result. Absolute power (imagined or real) corrupts absolutely.
No one knows what is best for the world. But together, we can figure it out. We need to be part of this strong European alliance. We need to be just one voice added with all the others. We need all ideas and they need ours.
It was reported that the United States of Europe has more wealth, more population, more power, more votes in NATO, more vetoes in the United Nations, and just plain more clout in the world then the United States of America. I say, “Thank God Almighty. Free at last.”It has been too much for one struggling little upstart of a nation to be responsible for the planet these last few decades. Sure, we are young and strong and have broad shoulders. But we do not have the experience, the maturity, nor the resources to solve everyone’s problems all the time.
I, for one, am tired of the whining and begging for help yesterday and the bitter hatred today and the shock that we don’t help more tomorrow and the hindsight criticism of our do-goodery day after tomorrow. Does anyone hate or resent us more then the very ones that use us? Especially if our help comes with strings attached.
NATO was supposed to be an all for one – one for all agreement. “An attack on one is an attack on all.” So where were our NATO buddies after 9/11? Tsk Tsk Tsking on their fat assets gained from refining Saddam’s oil, that’s where. And have you heard the one about the United Nations?
We may have made some bad decisions of late. Kyoto Accord, Land mind treaties, we have missed out on so many opportunities to make the world a better place. Instead of making positive contributions, we negate every idea that we can’t take credit for.
Then again, going it alone, who wouldn’t? Living at the top, alone, with no natural predators would affect anyone. The rest of the world sees us as pompous arrogant fascists.
Some of our own citizens agree.
All of History screams at us. When one person, one government, one religion, one anything thinks that it has superior insight into righteousness there can be no other result. Absolute power (imagined or real) corrupts absolutely.
No one knows what is best for the world. But together, we can figure it out. We need to be part of this strong European alliance. We need to be just one voice added with all the others. We need all ideas and they need ours.
